Patratu

Patratu
Census Town
Patratu Show map of Jharkhand Patratu Show map of India Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 23°40′N 85°17′E / 23.67°N 85.28°E / 23.67; 85.28Coordinates: 23°40′N 85°17′E / 23.67°N 85.28°E / 23.67; 85.28
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	32,899
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Santali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	JH
Website	ramgarh.nic.in

Patratu is a census town in Patratu (community development block) of Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Patratu is located at 23°40′N 85°17′E / 23.67°N 85.28°E / 23.67; 85.28. It has an average elevation of 405 metres (1328 feet) Patratu Dam was constructed under the planning of the greatest Indian engineer and father of Indian engineering, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. This dam is only 40 km away from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, from where it can be reached by road in less than an hour. It is directly connected to Ranchi, Patna, Jaipur Jamshedpur, Varanasi, Jammu, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Delhi and Kolkata by train.

As of 2001^[update] India census, Patratu had a population of 32,132. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%.Patratu has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 61%. In Patratu, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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