Patkata | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Coordinates: | 26.5708°N 88.6714°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Block |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Name2: | Jalpaiguri |
Subdivision Name3: | Jalpaiguri |
Government Type: | Gram Panchayat |
Area Total Km2: | 71.92 |
Elevation M: | 89 |
Population Total: | 43360 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali |
Demographics1 Title2: | Other |
Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu, Nepali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 735133 |
Area Code Type: | STD code |
Area Code: | 03561 |
Registration Plate: | WB-71, WB-72 |
Patkata is a village in the suburb of Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India. It is located near the border with Bangladesh, approximately 4 kilometres northwest of the city center of Jalpaiguri. As of the year 2011, the village has a total population of 43,360.[1]
Patkata is situated on the western shore of Teesta River. The West Bengal State Highway 12A passes through the south of the village. It covers an area of 7192.4 hectares.[2]
1 Primary Health Sub-Centre, 2 RMP doctors are available in this village.[3]
Government Pre Primary, Private Pre Primary, Govt Primary and Govt Secondary Schools and one technical college are available in this village.
According to the 2011 Indian Census, Patkata has 9,717 households. Among the 43,360 inhabitants, 22,203 are male, and 21,157 are female. The total literacy rate is 60.87%, with 15,100 of the male population and 11,294 of the female population being literate.