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Ranipur is a village in Bhinga mandal, Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,437 across 249 households. The literacy rate is 35.6%, and it is situated at coordinates 25.251°N, 79.063°E.
By population, Ranipur ranks #121 of 196 villages in Bhinga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranipur is a village of 1,437 people in 249 households (Census 2011) in Bhinga tehsil, Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 121st-largest of 196 villages in Bhinga tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 35% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 288 km from the Shrawasti district centre, 22 km from Vijaypur, the nearest town, 4 km from Ranipur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 271840, served by Sirsia post office; the LGD village code is 172812. The nearest hospital or health centre is Paras Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RAFIKUNNISHA, and the village votes in Mahmoodabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asha Maurya. The population is estimated at 1,694 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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