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About Patanda Village

Patanda is a mid sized village in Suri II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,247, made up of 650 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patanda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Suri II
Pincode 731129
Area (hectares) 213.64 hectares
Population 1,247
Male Population 650
Female Population 597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Patanda compares

By the 2011 count Patanda is the 30th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 213.64 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Patanda

Patanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Patanda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Patanda from other places

Patanda lies about 12 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 11 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 Patanda
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 11 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Suri II 12 km
District headquarters Birbhum 12 km

Villages closest to Patanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Suri II 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 Patanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Patanda village had a population of 1,247. That makes it the 30th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Patanda village has 650 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patanda has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Patanda is 731129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patanda covers 213.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patanda falls under Suri II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Patanda is Swadinpur, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Patanda.

Patanda is about 12 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patanda is in Suri II tehsil of Birbhum district. Swadinpur is about 11 km away. Rampur Hat is about 12 km away. Suri II is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rostanpur (7.3 km), Maligram (8.2 km) and Rajnagar (8.2 km).

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

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