# Ratansoti Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/ratansoti/

Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Ratansoti

Ratansoti is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **669 people in 141 households**, the 51st largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 669people (2011)
- 141households
- 43.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Ratansoti PIN code and other codes

Ratansoti falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMalharia
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223597

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

## How far is Ratansoti from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)15 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)6 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 Ratansoti?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Kasba
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 5 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 Ratansoti known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 170 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 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 Ratansoti

Of every 100 households in Ratansoti in 2011, 17 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ratansoti · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**15%

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

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**50%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****10%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ratansoti?

■ Ratansoti · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.1%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1263**

**965

Working population ****32.6%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.8% for men and 30.9% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 40 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (42%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 79 (36%)

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 Kasba

- Gargata Bishunpur1,007 people
- Khagjana898 people
- Sarra790 people
- Kamraili751 people
- Alampur570 people
- Kulasundar566 people
- Puparia515 people
- Babhangawan414 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ratansoti from Purnia?15 km by road
- What is the population of Ratansoti?669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratansoti in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ratansoti?43.1% (Census 2011)