About Patjor Village

Patjor is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,693, made up of 836 males and 857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	335 hectares
Population	1,693
Male Population	836
Female Population	857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patjor compares

By the 2011 count Patjor is the 10th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Patjor

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

Patjor lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 Patjor
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Patjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patjor village had a population of 1,693. That makes it the 10th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Patjor village has 836 males and 857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patjor has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Patjor is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patjor covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patjor falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patjor is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 village for Patjor.

Patjor 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.

Patjor is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 22 km away. Ranishwar 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.