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About Patanawa Village

Patanawa is a mid sized village in Dehri tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,983, made up of 1,042 males and 941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528 hectares hectares.

Patanawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patanawa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dehri
Area (hectares) 528 hectares
Population 1,983
Male Population 1,042
Female Population 941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patanawa compares

By the 2011 count Patanawa is the 23rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents. Its 528 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Patanawa

Patanawa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patanawa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patanawa from other places

Patanawa lies about 32 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Pahleja, about 9.5 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 Patanawa
Nearest railway station Pahleja 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dehri 15 km
Nearest town Madhurampur Dehri 15 km
District headquarters Rohtas 32 km

Villages closest to Patanawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dehri 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 Patanawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Patanawa village had a population of 1,983. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents.

Patanawa village has 1,042 males and 941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patanawa has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Patanawa covers 528 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patanawa falls under Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Patanawa is Pahleja, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Patanawa.

Patanawa is about 32 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patanawa is in Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district. Pahleja is about 9.5 km away. Dehri is about 15 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Chaknaha (under 2 km) and Dudhmi (1.8 km).

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

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