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About Patra Village

Patra is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 950, made up of 519 males and 431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.46 hectares hectares.

Patra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bijawar
Area (hectares) 499.46 hectares
Population 950
Male Population 519
Female Population 431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
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 Patra compares

By the 2011 count Patra is the 50th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 499.46 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 885.

Getting to Patra

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

Patra lies about 39 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 29 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 Patra
Tehsil headquarters Bijawar 12 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 12 km
Nearest railway station Basari 29 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Patra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patra village had a population of 950. That makes it the 50th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Patra village has 519 males and 431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patra has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Patra covers 499.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patra falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patra is Basari, about 29 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 Patra.

Patra is about 39 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patra is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 12 km away. Bijāwar is about 12 km away. Basari is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Udaipura (1.8 km), Kota (2.3 km) and Lahar (2.5 km).

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

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