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About Patan Village

Patan is a mid sized village in Maksoodangarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 905, made up of 451 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459 hectares hectares.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Maksoodangarh
Area (hectares) 459 hectares
Population 905
Male Population 451
Female Population 454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
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 34th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 459 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

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 27 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Raghogarh, about 14 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 town Rāghogarh 9.4 km
Nearest railway station Raghogarh 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Maksoodangarh 27 km
District headquarters Guna 27 km

Villages closest to Patan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maksoodangarh 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 905. That makes it the 34th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Patan village has 451 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Patan covers 459 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patan falls under Maksoodangarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patan is Raghogarh, about 14 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 27 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patan is in Maksoodangarh tehsil of Guna district. Rāghogarh is about 9.4 km away. Raghogarh is about 14 km away. Maksoodangarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sankta (4.0 km), Kherad (5.7 km) and Chopna (6.1 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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