Ratupar is a very remote village and home of the legendary teacher Shri Thakur Singh Das, a renowned freedom fighter and social worker. Still there is no continuous supply of electricity or piped water and the water is taken from the hand pumps or ponds. Farming is the major source of livelihood. Majority of the shops are located in araria chowk. Kharowa, Bistol and Nawani are the nearby villages to this chowk. Nawani is the ancestral village of Shri Shobha kant Das. Nawani also is the paternal village of Shri Prakash Kumar Das alias Lallan.