Patra, Sahibganj
Patra is a census town in the Udhwa CD block in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography. Location. Patra is located at . Patra has an area of . Overview. The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is  overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Patra had a total population of 9,536, of which 4,845 (51%) were males and 4,691 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,408. The total number of literate persons in Patra was 3,350 (47.00% of the population over 6 years). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj", Patra covered an area of 6.26 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 141  domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.