# Ratikar Village, Rajnagar, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Rajnagar, Madhubani 

# Ratikar

Ratikar is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,345 people in 694 households**, the 22nd largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 3,345people (2011)
- 694households
- 52.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Ratikar PIN code and other codes

Ratikar falls in Rajnagar sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRatikar
- Community development blockRajnagar
- Census village code220602

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

## How far is Ratikar from nearby towns?

- Rajnagar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)22 km by road
- Madhubani (nearest town)22 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 Ratikar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Ratikar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mangarawani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Ratikar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Ratikar

Of every 100 households in Ratikar in 2011, 11 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratikar · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**36%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****49%**

**44%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

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 Ratikar?

■ Ratikar · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.4%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**931

Working population ****34.6%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 36.1% for women. 49% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 675 (58%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 210 (18%)

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 Rajnagar

- Bheria Bishunpur4,857 people
- Beraghat4,512 people
- Chichri Buzurg3,820 people
- Sipipatti3,769 people
- Parsa3,256 people
- Raghubirchak3,154 people
- Nakati3,119 people
- Singiaun2,607 people

[All 63 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ratikar from Madhubani?22 km by road
- What is the population of Ratikar?3,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratikar in?Madhubani district (Rajnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ratikar?52.4% (Census 2011)