About Patkum Village

Patkum is a mid sized village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,639, made up of 841 males and 798 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patkum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patkum village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Ichagarh
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	525 hectares
Population	1,639
Male Population	841
Female Population	798
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patkum compares

By the 2011 count Patkum is the 7th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 525 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Patkum

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

Patkum lies about 22 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 7.5 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 Patkum
Tehsil headquarters	Ichagarh	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	7.5 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	22 km
Nearest town	Balarāmpur	29 km

Villages closest to Patkum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patkum village had a population of 1,639. That makes it the 7th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Patkum village has 841 males and 798 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patkum has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Patkum is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patkum covers 525 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patkum falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patkum is Bakarkudi, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Patkum.

Patkum is about 22 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patkum is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Ichagarh is about under 2 km away. Bakarkudi is about 7.5 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.