About Patrara Village

Patrara is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 440 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patrara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patrara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	241.6 hectares
Population	836
Male Population	440
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patrara compares

By the 2011 count Patrara is the 70th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 241.6 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 920.

Getting to Patrara

Patrara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Patrara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Patrara from other places

Patrara lies about 15 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 68 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 Patrara
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	5.5 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	5.5 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	15 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	68 km

Villages closest to Patrara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patrara village had a population of 836. That makes it the 70th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Patrara village has 440 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patrara has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Patrara is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patrara covers 241.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patrara falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Patrara is Dugga, about 68 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Patrara.

Patrara is about 15 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patrara is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 5.5 km away. Rajaori is about 5.5 km away. Rajouri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.