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About Patan Village

Patan is a small village in Indus tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 153 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Indus
Pincode 722205
Area (hectares) 59.17 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 153
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Patan compares

By the 2011 count Patan is the 121st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents. Its 59.17 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Patan

The census records public bus service for Patan as Available within 10+ 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Palashi, Panjkona, Pantrai and Pariksha Para. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 279. That makes it the 121st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents.

Patan village has 153 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patan has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Patan is 722205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patan covers 59.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patan falls under Indus tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Patan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Patan.

Patan is in Indus tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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