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Jharkhand: MNREGA, irrigation scheme help Deoghar farmers overcome water shortage, grow sugarcane and other crops
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ratanpur is a village in Mohanpur mandal, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, with a population of 579 across 130 households. It has a literacy rate of 43.5% and is situated at coordinates 24.855°N, 87.768°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJIT YADAV
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- LGD code
- 353365
- Pincode
- 814116
- Post office
- Satsang
- Population
- 579
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 146
- Distance to district centre
- 108 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 131 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 301 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 261 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. K.D. Murmu Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ratanpur compares
By population, Ratanpur ranks #101 of 453 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−4.3% vs mandal average
- Ratanpur
- 43.5%
- Mohanpur mandal
- 47.8%
- Deoghar district
- 53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−11 vs mandal average
- Ratanpur
- 911
- Mohanpur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Ratanpur
- 4.5
- Mohanpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratanpur at a glance
Ratanpur is a village of 579 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 101st-largest of 453 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 44%, 4 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 108 km from the Deoghar district centre, 11 km from Sahri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814116, served by Satsang post office; the LGD village code is 353365. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. K.D. Murmu Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RANJIT YADAV, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 683 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ratanpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BANKA
- Total area (ha)
- 49.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ratanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ratanpur
- LGD code
- 353365
- Pincode
- 814116
- Post office
- Satsang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 579
- Population (projected 2026)
- 683
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.85515°N, 87.76831°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madhupur
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hafizul Hassan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJIT YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
Getting there
How to reach Ratanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi301 kmcapital
- Kolkata261 km
- Delhi1128 km
- Hyderabad1271 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. K.D. Murmu Clinic<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil38 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College37 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station25 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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