# Patrang Village, Akbarpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Akbarpur, Nawada 

# Patrang

Patrang is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,281 people in 179 households**, the 69th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 1,281people (2011)
- 179households
- 50.2%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Patrang PIN code and other codes

Patrang falls in Akbarpur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Community development blockAkbarpur
- Census village code257979

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Patrang from nearby towns?

- Akbarpur (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)20 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Patrang?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Patrang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Patrang known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 41% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Patrang

Of every 100 households in Patrang in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Patrang · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**80%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**91%

Use banking services ****42%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Patrang?

■ Patrang · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**950

Working population ****58.6%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 37.5% for women. 57% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 183 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (10%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 482 (64%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Akbarpur

- Guru Chak1,308 people
- Dewara1,303 people
- Ramdewa1,302 people
- Pasiyakalan1,282 people
- Jalalpur1,268 people
- Dudhaili1,267 people
- Dariyapur Siram1,228 people
- Patori1,181 people

[All 157 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Patrang from Nawada?20 km by road
- What is the population of Patrang?1,281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patrang in?Nawada district (Akbarpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Patrang?50.2% (Census 2011)