About Patanpur Village

Patanpur is a mid sized village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 683, made up of 366 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	156.86 hectares
Population	683
Male Population	366
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patanpur compares

By the 2011 count Patanpur is the 49th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 156.86 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 987.

Getting to Patanpur

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

Patanpur lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Patanpur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Patanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patanpur village had a population of 683. That makes it the 49th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Patanpur village has 366 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patanpur has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Patanpur is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patanpur covers 156.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patanpur falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patanpur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Patanpur.

Patanpur is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patanpur is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Masalia is about 28 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.