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About Ratnana Village

Ratnana is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 223 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratnana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratnana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144517
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 427
Male Population 223
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratnana compares

By the 2011 count Ratnana is the 231st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ratnana

Ratnana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ratnana 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratnana from other places

Ratnana lies about 13 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 5.5 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 Ratnana
Nearest railway station Rahon 5.5 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 13 km

Villages closest to Ratnana

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 Ratnana

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratnana village had a population of 427. That makes it the 231st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Ratnana village has 223 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratnana has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ratnana is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratnana covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ratnana is Rahon, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ratnana.

Ratnana is about 13 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.

Ratnana is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 5.5 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 13 km away. Nawanshahr is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bairsal (under 2 km), Mirzapur (under 2 km) and Garhi Fateh Khan (2.1 km).

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

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