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About Ranipur Village

Ranipur is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 586, made up of 291 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.86 hectares hectares.

Ranipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 231.86 hectares
Population 586
Male Population 291
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ranipur compares

By the 2011 count Ranipur is the 227th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 231.86 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Ranipur

The census records public bus service for Ranipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranipur from other places

Ranipur lies about 34 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 31 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 Ranipur
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 12 km
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 31 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 34 km

Villages closest to Ranipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipur village had a population of 586. That makes it the 227th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Ranipur village has 291 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Ranipur covers 231.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranipur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ranipur is Sahjanwa, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Ranipur is about 34 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranipur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 12 km away. Sahjanwa is about 31 km away. Gorakhpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranipar (under 2 km), Korara (under 2 km) and Bhitha (2.7 km).

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

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