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About Patra Kalan Village

Patra Kalan is a mid sized village in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 376 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1003.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patra Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patra Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Keredari
Pincode 825611
Area (hectares) 1003.24 hectares
Population 786
Male Population 376
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Patra Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Patra Kalan is the 38th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 1003.24 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Patra Kalan

Patra Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Patra Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patra Kalan from other places

Patra Kalan lies about 25 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 18 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 Patra Kalan
Nearest railway station Shivpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Keredari 25 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 25 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 25 km

Villages closest to Patra Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patra Kalan village had a population of 786. That makes it the 38th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Patra Kalan village has 376 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patra Kalan has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Patra Kalan is 825611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patra Kalan covers 1003.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patra Kalan falls under Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patra Kalan is Shivpur, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Patra Kalan.

Patra Kalan is about 25 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patra Kalan is in Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Shivpur is about 18 km away. Keredari is about 25 km away. Hazaribagh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamira (under 2 km), Patra Khurd (1.8 km) and Garri Kalan (2.0 km).

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

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