About Ranipur Village

Ranipur is a small village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 234 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Pincode	731126
Area (hectares)	195.22 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	234
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranipur compares

By the 2011 count Ranipur is the 55th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 195.22 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Ranipur

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

Ranipur lies about 34 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kunuri, about 4.1 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
Nearest railway station	Kunuri	4.1 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	31 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	34 km

Villages closest to Ranipur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Ranipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipur village had a population of 470. That makes it the 55th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Ranipur village has 234 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Ranipur is 731126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranipur covers 195.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranipur falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ranipur is Kunuri, about 4.1 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 Ranipur.

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

Ranipur is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. Kunuri is about 4.1 km away. Sainthia is about 6.2 km away. Rajnagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.