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About Patan Village

Patan is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 371 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773 hectares hectares.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 773 hectares
Population 662
Male Population 371
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patan compares

By the 2011 count Patan is the 122nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 773 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Patan

Patan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Patan as Available within 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 Patan from other places

Patan lies about 26 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 15 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 Patan
Nearest railway station Rahatwas 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 21 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 26 km

Villages closest to Patan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patan village had a population of 662. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Patan village has 371 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Patan covers 773 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patan falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patan is Rahatwas, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Patan.

Patan is about 26 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patan is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 15 km away. Mungaoli is about 21 km away. Ashoknagar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damdama (1.8 km), Nahargarh (2.3 km) and Mathana (3.8 km).

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

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