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About Patwans Village

Patwans is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 912, made up of 550 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 658 females per 1000 males. The village covers 861 hectares hectares.

Patwans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patwans village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Fatehpur
Area (hectares) 861 hectares
Population 912
Male Population 550
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 658
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Patwans compares

By the 2011 count Patwans is the 82nd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 861 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Patwans

Patwans is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patwans as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patwans from other places

Patwans lies about 90 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Patna Junction, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Patwans
Nearest town Patna under 2 km
Nearest railway station Patna Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 11 km
District headquarters Gaya 90 km

Villages closest to Patwans

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Patwans

As per the Census of India 2011, Patwans village had a population of 912. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Patwans village has 550 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patwans has about 658 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Patwans covers 861 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patwans falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Patwans is Patna Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Patwans.

Patwans is about 90 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patwans is in Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district. Patna is about under 2 km away. Patna Junction is about under 2 km away. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhupat Bandh (under 2 km), Pateya (under 2 km) and Jaspur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Patwans today is likely to be higher.

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