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About Patan Village

Patan is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 266 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.43 hectares hectares.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 624.43 hectares
Population 467
Male Population 266
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 756
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 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 89th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 624.43 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 892.

Getting to Patan

Patan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patan as Available within 5 - 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 52 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gulabhganj, about 40 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
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 12 km
Nearest town Begamganj 14 km
Nearest railway station Gulabhganj 40 km
District headquarters Raisen 52 km

Villages closest to Patan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gairatganj 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 467. That makes it the 89th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Patan village has 266 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Patan covers 624.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patan falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patan is Gulabhganj, about 40 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 10+ km distance for Patan.

Patan is about 52 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patan is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 12 km away. Begamganj is about 14 km away. Gulabhganj is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardout (1.6 km), Mundla (1.6 km) and Nagjhir (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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