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About Pattan Village

Pattan is one of the larger villages in Pattan tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,996, made up of 3,213 males and 2,783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702.1 hectares hectares.

Pattan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pattan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Pattan
Area (hectares) 702.1 hectares
Population 5,996
Male Population 3,213
Female Population 2,783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866

How Pattan compares

By the 2011 count Pattan is the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 702.1 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

How far is Pattan from other places

Pattan lies about 20 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, 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 Pattan
Nearest railway station Pattan under 2 km
Nearest town Sopur 16 km
District headquarters Baramula 20 km

Villages closest to Pattan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pattan village had a population of 5,996. That makes it the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Pattan village has 3,213 males and 2,783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pattan has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Pattan covers 702.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pattan falls under Pattan tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Pattan is Pattan, about under 2 km away in a straight line.

Pattan is about 20 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pattan is in Pattan tehsil of Baramula district. Pattan is about under 2 km away. Sopur is about 16 km away. Baramula is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palhallan (2.4 km), Gund Ibrahim (3.2 km) and Hanji Wera (3.8 km).

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

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