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About Patet Village

Patet is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 96 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,271 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 60.35 hectares
Population 218
Male Population 96
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,271
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patet compares

By the 2011 count Patet is the 120th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 60.35 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Patet

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

How far is Patet from other places

Patet lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 86 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 Patet
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 12 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 30 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 86 km

Villages closest to Patet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patet village had a population of 218. That makes it the 120th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Patet village has 96 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patet has about 1271 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Patet is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patet covers 60.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patet falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Patet is Tanakpur, about 86 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 5 - 10 km distance for Patet.

Patet is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patet is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 12 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Topra Dhar (under 2 km), Athkhet (under 2 km) and Chan Kot (under 2 km).

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

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