# Ranitikar Village, Rajaun, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Rajaun, Banka 

# Ranitikar

Ranitikar is a village in Rajaun sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,562 people in 264 households**, the 47th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.3%.

- 1,562people (2011)
- 264households
- 68.9%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Ranitikar PIN code and other codes

Ranitikar falls in Rajaun sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNawada Kharauni
- Community development blockRajaun
- Census village code240887

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ranitikar from nearby towns?

- Rajaun (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)29 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)29 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ranitikar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ranitikar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kathgaow
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bhusia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ranitikar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 62% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ranitikar

Of every 100 households in Ranitikar in 2011, 91 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranitikar · ■ Rajaun rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ranitikar?

■ Ranitikar · ■ Rajaun rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**62.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**948

Working population ****40.8%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 49% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 466 (73%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Rajaun

- Barauni1,586 people
- Katia1,577 people
- Sujal Kurma1,575 people
- Bawakar Chak1,573 people
- Bir Chak1,554 people
- Muradpur1,518 people
- Gauradih1,488 people
- Amhara1,472 people

[All 207 villages in Rajaun](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/rajaun/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ranitikar from Banka?29 km by road
- What is the population of Ranitikar?1,562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranitikar in?Banka district (Rajaun sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ranitikar?68.9% (Census 2011)