# Ratnapur Village, Mehkar, Buldana (Maharashtra) – PIN Code (2)

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Village · Mehkar, Buldana 

# Ratnapur

Ratnapur is a village in Mehkar sub-district of Buldana district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **510 people in 105 households**, the 118th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.2%.

- 510people (2011)
- 105households
- 74.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Ratnapur PIN code and other codes

Ratnapur falls in Mehkar sub-district, Buldana district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockMehkar
- Census village code529004

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

## How far is Ratnapur from nearby towns?

- Mehkar (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Buldana (district HQ)87 km by road
- Mehkar (nearest town)32 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 Ratnapur?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mola
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mehkar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mehkar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 12 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 Ratnapur known for?

About 57% of the 280 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Ratnapur

Of every 100 households in Ratnapur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratnapur · ■ Mehkar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**44%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**62%

Television ****8%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Ratnapur?

■ Ratnapur · ■ Mehkar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**81.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**828

Working population ****57.6%**

**53.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 63.5% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Mehkar

- Mosambiwadi543 people
- Wagdeo542 people
- Nimba539 people
- Koyali513 people
- Gawandhala507 people
- Shivpuri507 people
- Karhadwadi495 people
- Badnapur475 people

[All 160 villages in Mehkar](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/buldana/mehkar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ratnapur from Buldana?87 km by road
- What is the population of Ratnapur?510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratnapur in?Buldana district (Mehkar sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ratnapur?74.2% (Census 2011)