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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Ratnipora<br />
| other_name = Ratanpur<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|33.921|N|74.943|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pulwama district|Pulwama]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder =<br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body =<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 12<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 1588<br />
| population_total = 5250<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 192304<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 01933<br />
| registration_plate = JK13<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = <!-- [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]] --><br />
| website = {{URL|http://pulwama.nic.in/}}<br />
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'''Ratnipora''' (Ratanpur) is a village in the [[Pulwama district]] of the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is situated equally distant from three towns, [[Awantipora]], [[Pulwama]] and [[Pampore]]. The name Ratnipora is a combination of two words, "Ratan" meaning jewel, and "Pur" meaning place.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Ratnipora has an above-average [[literacy rate]] for the region, which, as per the [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], is 71.44% compared to 67.16% for Jammu and Kashmir. In Ratnipora male literacy stands at 82.46% while the female literacy rate was 60.42%. Ratnipora has a very high number{{Peacock inline|date=October 2021}} of residents who have completed higher education. The people mainly rely on government jobs, but agriculture is also practiced by one-third of the population.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
While there are five Jamia Masjids, there are more than 50 small Masjids and a Hindu temple. Ratnipora was also inhabited by thirty Hindu (Kashmiri Pandit) households who lived in perfect harmony with their Muslim neighbours but had to leave their homes & hearths in the year 1990 due to disturbed situation in Kashmir valley.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Ratnipora was inhabited on the banks of a trout stream (namely [[Naalaye Yar]]), and there are four bridges connecting the two halves. To the Northwest flows the [[Romush river]] coming from [[Dooni Pahoo|Pahoo]] while to the Southwest flows the Bren Kuol Stream coming from [[Puchhal]], and all the three streams meet the [[Jhelum River]] in the southern outskirts of Ratnipora.<br />
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A railway halt station is to be operational from the 8th of May 2023.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}<br />
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