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About Patkadanga Village

Patkadanga is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 53 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patkadanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patkadanga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816106
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 53
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Patkadanga compares

By the 2011 count Patkadanga is the 278th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Patkadanga

The census records public bus service for Patkadanga as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patkadanga from other places

Patkadanga lies about 18 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 8.4 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 Patkadanga
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 8.4 km
District headquarters Pakur 18 km

Villages closest to Patkadanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patkadanga village had a population of 108. That makes it the 278th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Patkadanga village has 53 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patkadanga has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Patkadanga is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patkadanga covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patkadanga falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patkadanga is Banshlai Bridge, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Patkadanga.

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

Patkadanga is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 1.6 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 8.4 km away. Pakur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bilaspur (under 2 km), Ilaspur (under 2 km) and Kulbona (under 2 km).

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

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