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About Patkania Village

Patkania is one of the larger villages in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,575, made up of 2,944 males and 2,631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.09 hectares hectares.

Patkania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patkania village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 349.09 hectares
Population 5,575
Male Population 2,944
Female Population 2,631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Patkania compares

By the 2011 count Patkania is the 29th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 349.09 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Patkania

Patkania is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patkania 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 within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patkania from other places

Patkania lies about 9.1 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Shahbaz Kuli, about 5.7 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 Patkania
Nearest railway station Shahbaz Kuli 5.7 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 9.1 km
Nearest town Ghazīpur 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 21 km

Villages closest to Patkania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patkania village had a population of 5,575. That makes it the 29th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Patkania village has 2,944 males and 2,631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patkania has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Patkania covers 349.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Patkania falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patkania is Shahbaz Kuli, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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 Patkania.

Patkania is about 9.1 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patkania is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Shahbaz Kuli is about 5.7 km away. Ghazipur is about 9.1 km away. Ghazīpur is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gang Barar Madid Patkanian (under 2 km), Gaura (under 2 km) and Juvraj Pur (2.4 km).

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

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