About Patara Village

Patara is a mid sized village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 547 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	333.83 hectares
Population	1,092
Male Population	547
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
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 Patara compares

By the 2011 count Patara is the 12th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 333.83 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Patara

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

Patara lies about 16 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 45 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 Patara
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	22 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	45 km

Villages closest to Patara

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

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Common questions about Patara

As per the Census of India 2011, Patara village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 12th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Patara village has 547 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patara has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Patara is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patara covers 333.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patara falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Patara is Dehradun, about 45 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 Patara.

Patara is about 16 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patara is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 16 km away. Dunda is about 22 km away. Mussoorie is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.