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About Ratanpurwa Village

Ratanpurwa is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 307 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.36 hectares hectares.

Ratanpurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpurwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 198.36 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 307
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpurwa compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpurwa is the 179th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 198.36 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Ratanpurwa

Ratanpurwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratanpurwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratanpurwa from other places

Ratanpurwa lies about 42 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Magardaha, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ratanpurwa
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 23 km
Nearest railway station Magardaha 26 km
Nearest town Obra 31 km
District headquarters Singrauli 42 km

Villages closest to Ratanpurwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chitrangi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Ratanpurwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpurwa village had a population of 559. That makes it the 179th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Ratanpurwa village has 307 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpurwa has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Ratanpurwa covers 198.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratanpurwa falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpurwa is Magardaha, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ratanpurwa.

Ratanpurwa is about 42 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpurwa is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 23 km away. Magardaha is about 26 km away. Obra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori (under 2 km), Kaithani (1.6 km) and Deora (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ratanpurwa today is likely to be higher.

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