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About Patan Village

Patan is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,426, made up of 765 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 720.1 hectares hectares.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 720.1 hectares
Population 1,426
Male Population 765
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patan compares

By the 2011 count Patan is the 90th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 720.1 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Patan

Patan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Patan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 12 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 6.4 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 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 12 km
Nearest town Saugor 12 km

Villages closest to Patan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar 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 1,426. That makes it the 90th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Patan village has 765 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Patan covers 720.1 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 Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patan is Ratona, about 6.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Ratona is about 6.4 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 Jarara (1.7 km), Karai (1.8 km) and Silera (3.6 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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