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About Patan Village

Patan is a small village in Rahatgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14, made up of 8 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.22 hectares hectares.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Rahatgarh
Area (hectares) 54.22 hectares
Population 14
Male Population 8
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Patan compares

By the 2011 count Patan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 709 residents. Its 54.22 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 876.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patan from other places

Patan lies about 12 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 6.5 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 Patan
Nearest railway station Ratona 6.5 km
District headquarters Sagar 12 km
Nearest town Saugor 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Rahatgarh 24 km

Villages closest to Patan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rahatgarh 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 14. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 709 residents.

Patan village has 8 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Patan covers 54.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Patan falls under Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patan is Ratona, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 Patan.

Patan is about 12 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patan is in Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Ratona is about 6.5 km away. Sagar is about 12 km away. Saugor is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpura (2.9 km), Sumredi (4.4 km) and Dhagarniya (5.2 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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