About Patanwan Village

Patanwan is a small village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 270 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 681 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.6 hectares hectares.

Patanwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patanwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	116.6 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	270
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	681
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 Patanwan compares

By the 2011 count Patanwan is the 118th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 116.6 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Patanwan

Patanwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patanwan 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 Patanwan from other places

Patanwan lies about 44 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Mokar, about 4.1 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 Patanwan
Nearest railway station	Mokar	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	8.1 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	8.1 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	44 km

Villages closest to Patanwan

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

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Common questions about Patanwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Patanwan village had a population of 454. That makes it the 118th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Patanwan village has 270 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patanwan has about 681 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Patanwan covers 116.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patanwan falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Patanwan is Mokar, about 4.1 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 Patanwan.

Patanwan is about 44 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patanwan is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Mokar is about 4.1 km away. Sasaram is about 8.1 km away. Sasarām is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.