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About Ratan Village

Ratan is a large village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,402, made up of 1,289 males and 1,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733129
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 2,402
Male Population 1,289
Female Population 1,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratan compares

By the 2011 count Ratan is the 19th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Ratan

The census records public bus service for Ratan 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 within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Raghunathpur, Ramganj, Ramkrishnapur and Randhanipara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ratan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratan village had a population of 2,402. That makes it the 19th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Ratan village has 1,289 males and 1,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratan has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Ratan is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratan covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratan falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Ratan notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Ratan.

Ratan is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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