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About Patakhal Village

Patakhal is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 11 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patakhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patakhal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249192
Area (hectares) 79.83 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 11
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,182
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 Patakhal compares

By the 2011 count Patakhal is the 317th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 79.83 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Patakhal

Patakhal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patakhal 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 Patakhal from other places

Patakhal lies about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 43 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 Patakhal
Nearest town Srīnagar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 24 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 24 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 43 km

Villages closest to Patakhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patakhal village had a population of 24. That makes it the 317th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Patakhal village has 11 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patakhal has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Patakhal is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patakhal covers 79.83 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.

Patakhal falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Patakhal is Rishikesh, about 43 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 Patakhal.

Patakhal is about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patakhal is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 11 km away. Devprayag is about 24 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barsoli (under 2 km), Gauli (under 2 km) and Hadimbh (under 2 km).

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

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