# Ratan Pokhar Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Ratan Pokhar

Ratan Pokhar is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **902 people in 184 households**, the 130th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 902people (2011)
- 184households
- 52.2%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Ratan Pokhar PIN code and other codes

Ratan Pokhar falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatLaghriya
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code225053

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

## How far is Ratan Pokhar from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)40 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 Ratan Pokhar?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Ratan Pokhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Lalpur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sultanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Doasi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Ratan Pokhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 148 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Ratan Pokhar

Of every 100 households in Ratan Pokhar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratan Pokhar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**41%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****2%**

**15%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Ratan Pokhar?

■ Ratan Pokhar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**960

Working population ****31.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.1% for men and 45.6% for women. 44% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (71%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 75 (26%)

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 Barsoi

- Jiar953 people
- Mangatpur945 people
- Duha941 people
- Basantpur940 people
- Singhgaon887 people
- Kalbhitha858 people
- Jiagachhi854 people
- Bajuria845 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ratan Pokhar from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Ratan Pokhar?902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratan Pokhar in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ratan Pokhar?52.2% (Census 2011)