About Patpur Village

Patpur is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,944, made up of 979 males and 965 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1604.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	1604.63 hectares
Population	1,944
Male Population	979
Female Population	965
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patpur compares

By the 2011 count Patpur is the 9th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1604.63 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Patpur

Patpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Patpur from other places

Patpur lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, 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 Patpur
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	10 km
District headquarters	Khunti	18 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	21 km

Villages closest to Patpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patpur village had a population of 1,944. That makes it the 9th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Patpur village has 979 males and 965 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patpur has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Patpur is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patpur covers 1604.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patpur falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patpur is Govindpur Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Patpur.

Patpur is about 18 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patpur is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Govindpur Road is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.