Ratanpura
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Ratanpura | |
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Census town | |
  Ratanpura Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Ratanpura Ratanpura (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°55′15″N 83°44′41″E / 25.920971°N 83.744665°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Mau |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,405 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi and Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 221706 |
| Vehicle registration | UP54 |
| Website | up |
Ratanpura is a census town in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh. It is located about 25 kilometres east of the district headquarters, Mau, and 47 Kilometres west of Ballia. It is a development block headquarter, which comes under the Mau Sadar Tehsil. The town is situated between the middle of Mau and Ballia. The State Highway 34 (famely known as Rajdhani Road, as it connects Eastern U.P. with the State Capital Lucknow) passes through Ratanpura. Earlier it was a part of Ballia district, but since 19 November 1988 it became the part of newly constituted Mau District. The town has its own Railway station managed by North Eastern Railway (India) in its name which has connecting trains to Mau, Varanasi, Ballia, Lucknow, Kanpur, Azamgarh, Chhapra and Dhanbad stations to name a few.
At the 2011 India census,[1] Ratanpura had a population of 4,405 of which 2,263 were males and 2,142 females. Ratanpura had an average literacy rate of 83.00%, higher than the state average of 67.68%, with 89.71% of the males and 76.04% of females literate. 14.14% of the population was under 6 years of age.
