# Ranipatra Village, Purnia East, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Purnia East, Purnia 

# Ranipatra

Ranipatra is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,757 people in 357 households**, the 34th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.

- 1,757people (2011)
- 357households
- 44.2%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Ranipatra PIN code and other codes

Ranipatra falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRaziganj
- Community development blockPurnia East
- Census village code223507

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

## How far is Ranipatra from nearby towns?

- Purnia East (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)18 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)18 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 Ranipatra?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ranipatra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gulabbag
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Ranipatra known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 339 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Ranipatra

Of every 100 households in Ranipatra in 2011, 3 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranipatra · ■ Purnia East rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**22%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Ranipatra?

■ Ranipatra · ■ Purnia East rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.2%**

**49.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**968

Working population ****35.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 32.9% for women. 49% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 456 (73%) · **■** Other work 66 (11%) · **■** Marginal 23 (4%)

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 Purnia East

- Pipra1,962 people
- Jiagachhi1,928 people
- Belwa1,813 people
- Biarpur1,803 people
- Patilwa1,660 people
- Mohankunda1,656 people
- Mandarpur1,645 people
- Barhari1,533 people

[All 83 villages in Purnia East](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/purnia-east/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ranipatra from Purnia?18 km by road
- What is the population of Ranipatra?1,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipatra in?Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipatra?44.2% (Census 2011)