Ratnal has a railway station on Bhuj – Gandhidham railway line The 2001 Gujarat earthquake of 26 January 2001 almost completely destroyed the village.

It is estimated that 175 people died in the village on that day.

[1] US president Bill Clinton subsequently visited the village.

In 2009 around 235 child couples tied the nuptial knot.

[3] These marriages take place traditionally once a year on the thirteenth day of the month of Vaishakh of the indigenous calendar.