About Patajharia Village

Patajharia is a mid sized village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,031, made up of 531 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patajharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patajharia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Salbani
Pincode	721516
Area (hectares)	297.15 hectares
Population	1,031
Male Population	531
Female Population	500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patajharia compares

By the 2011 count Patajharia is the 38th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 297.15 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Patajharia

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

Patajharia lies about 153 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Manikui, about under 2 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 Patajharia
Nearest railway station	Manikui	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kopali	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salbani	26 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	153 km

Villages closest to Patajharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patajharia village had a population of 1,031. That makes it the 38th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Patajharia village has 531 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patajharia has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Patajharia is 721516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patajharia covers 297.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patajharia falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Patajharia is Manikui, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Patajharia.

Patajharia is about 153 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patajharia is in Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Manikui is about under 2 km away. Kopali is about 17 km away. Salbani is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.