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Patan block

Patan is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to the census of 2001 the block has 25,186 households with a population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages.

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Patan
Block
Location of Patan
Patan
Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°12′N 84°10′E / 24.20°N 84.17°E / 24.20; 84.17
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictPalamu
Government
 • Zila Parishad MemberJai shankar Kumar Singh -Sangram Singh
Elevation
216 m (709 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
146,139
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822123
Websitepalamu.nic.in/patan.html

Patan is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to the census of 2001 the block has 25,186 households with a population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages.

Patan is a part of Chhatarpur (Jharkhand Assembly constituency).

Demographics

Religion in Patan block (2011)1
Religion Percent
Hinduism
87.82%
Islam
11.40%
Other or not stated
0.78%

At the time of the 2011 census, Patan block had a population of 134,536. Patan block had a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 63.32%: 74.35% for males and 51.33% for females. 22,445 (16.68%) were under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were 37,414 (27.81%) and 16,551 (12.30%) of the population, respectively.2

Languages of Patan block (2011)3
  1. Hindi (49.86%)
  2. Magahi (43.50%)
  3. Urdu (5.15%)
  4. Kurukh (1.37%)
  5. Others (0.12%)


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