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About Ratainda Village

Ratainda is a large village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,780, made up of 1,385 males and 1,395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratainda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratainda village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144029
Area (hectares) 586 hectares
Population 2,780
Male Population 1,385
Female Population 1,395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratainda compares

By the 2011 count Ratainda is the 16th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 586 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ratainda

Ratainda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratainda as Available within <5 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 Ratainda from other places

Ratainda lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Malupota, about 10 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 Ratainda
Nearest railway station Malupota 10 km
Nearest town Banga 12 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 17 km

Villages closest to Ratainda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 Ratainda

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratainda village had a population of 2,780. That makes it the 16th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Ratainda village has 1,385 males and 1,395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratainda has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ratainda is 144029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratainda covers 586 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratainda falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ratainda is Malupota, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ratainda.

Ratainda is about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratainda is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Malupota is about 10 km away. Banga is about 12 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallo Mazara (1.9 km), Bakhlaur (2.0 km) and Sheikhupur (2.1 km).

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

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