About Patratu Village

Patratu is a mid sized village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 241 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,253 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patratu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patratu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	241
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,253
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patratu compares

By the 2011 count Patratu is the 19th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Patratu

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

Patratu lies about 16 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 12 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 Patratu
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	14 km
District headquarters	Latehar	16 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	16 km

Villages closest to Patratu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patratu village had a population of 543. That makes it the 19th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Patratu village has 241 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patratu has about 1253 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Patratu is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patratu covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patratu falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patratu is Kumandih, about 12 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 Patratu.

Patratu is about 16 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patratu is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 12 km away. Garu is about 14 km away. Latehar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.