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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,478, made up of 706 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 76.49 hectares
Population 1,478
Male Population 706
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 20th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 76.49 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur 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 Ratanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 5.2 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 6.8 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 Ratanpur
District headquarters Garhwal 5.2 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 6.8 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 1,478. That makes it the 20th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Ratanpur village has 706 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 76.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratanpur falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Kotdwara, about 6.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 5.2 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 5.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 6.6 km away. Kotdwara is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratanpur (under 2 km), Kaithogi (under 2 km) and Pulinda (1.5 km).

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

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