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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Patratu
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline = Patratu , Jharkhand, INDIA.jpg
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| image_caption = Patratu Valley
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.67|N|85.28|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ramgarh district|Ramgarh]]
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| area_total_km2 = 1.392
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| elevation_m = 405
| population_total = 32,899
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 829118
| area_code_type = Telephone/ [[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| area_code = 0651
| registration_plate = JH
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Ramgarh (Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramgarh]]
| website = {{URL|ramgarh.nic.in/}}
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'''Patratu''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Patratu (community development block)]] in the [[Ramgarh subdivision]] of the [[Ramgarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Patratu is located at {{Coord|23.67|N|85.28|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Patratu.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Patratu]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://wn.com/Sir_Mokshagundam_Visvesvaraya Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya]</ref> 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.

===Area overview===
Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of [[Central Coalfields]] spread across [[South Karanpura Coalfield]], [[Ramgarh Coalfield]] and [[West Bokaro Coalfield]]. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. The [[Damodar River|Damodar valley]] covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 7-8: Physiography, Drainage, Pages 8-11: Minerals and mining|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 9 February 2021}}</ref>”Chotanagpur has a charm of its own… The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours.”<ref>’’Bihar” by Ram Chandra Prasad, Page 5, National Book Trust, First edition 1983,ISBN: 81-237-0151-9</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Patratu police station serves Patratu CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/ramgarh| title= District Police Profile - Ramgarh |publisher= Jharkhand Police| access-date = 6 February 2021}}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Patratu CD block is located at Patratu town.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2016_PART_B_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map of Ramgarh district on the third page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 6 February 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Patratu had a total population of 32,899, of which 17,305 (53%) were males and 15,594 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 3,999. The total number of literate persons in Patratu was 24,382 (84.37% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2016_PART_B_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 369009, page 82|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 6 February 2021}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref name="census 2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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.<ref name="census 2001"/>

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Patratu covered an area of 1.392 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 25 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells, overhead tanks. It had 5,822 domestic electric connections, 120 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 8 maternity and child welfare centres, 6 maternity homes, 16 nursing homes, 10 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 14 primary schools, 6 middle schools, 5 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 3 auditorium/ community halls, 3 public libraries, 1 reading room. An important commodity It produced was electricity. It had the branch offices of 3 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf| title = District Census Handbook Ramgarh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Pages 227-237| publisher = Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand |accessdate = 3 February 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Schools in Patratu include:
*S.S High School was established on 1 January 1963. It is located beside road leading to Patratu dam and subsequently Ranchi. It is a 10+2 school with a large area and a big playground.
*Kendriya Vidyalaya Patratu
*D.A.V. Public School Patratu
*O P Jindal School Patratu
*Patratu School of Economics
*Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Patratu

<gallery>

File:S.s High School Patratu.jpg|S.S. High School 2
</gallery>

===Colleges===
Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS) College, affiliated with [[Vinoba Bhave University]] was established at Patratu in 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ptpscollege.org/ | title =PTPS College Patratu | publisher = PTPSC | access-date = 10 February 2021}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Airways===
[[Birsa Munda Airport]] is the nearest airport, with direct flights available to [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Jharsuguda]], [[Indore]], [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Bangalore]] and [[Patna]].

===Railways===
[[Patratu Railway Station]] is the only railway station. It has three platforms with direct trains available for Kolkata in Up direction, and in the down direction [[New Delhi]], Patna and many states of India like [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]].

===Roadways===
Patratu is connected by [[State Highway 2 (Jharkhand)|State Highway 2]] of Jharkhand, to its district headquarters at [[Ramgarh district|Ramgarh]] and state capital at [[Ranchi]]. There is also a bus station where buses are available for many cities of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

==Latest happenings==
[[Jharkhand]] [[Chief Minister]] [[Raghubar Das]] on 13 July 2015 inaugurated the Patratu unit of [[Burnpur Cement]].<ref>{{cite web|title =Jharakhand CM inaugurates Burnpur Cement's Patratu unit|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jharakhand-cm-inaugurates-burnpur-cement-s-patratu-unit-115071301054_1.html}}</ref>

==Patratu Dam==
The dam was made to store water of the Nalkari River for supply to the Ramgarh cantonment area as well as being the main reservoir for the [[Patratu Thermal Power Station]] (PTPS). There have been plans to turn it into a tourist attraction<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100114/jsp/jharkhand/story_11981843.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Vishvendu | last=Jaipuriar | title=Ramgarh island to turn tourist spot | date=14 January 2010}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Nalkari River.jpg|View of Nalkari River
File:Patratu dam.jpg|Dam
File:Patratu dam on cloudy day.jpg|On a cloudy day
</gallery>

==Patratu valley==
During recent changes, the area's coal pulling bicycles have gotten the support of local motor bikers on a profit sharing basis.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060725/asp/jharkhand/story_6522937.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Had I been a Maoist leader | date=25 July 2006}}</ref>
[[File:Patratu valley.jpg|thumb|View of Patratu valley]]

==Patratu Thermal Power Station==

The attraction of this city is its natural habitat and scenic beauty. The city is developed as a residential area for employees of the [[Patratu Thermal Power Station]]. This thermal power station was made by Russian collaboration in 1962. It has two chimneys made by a Russian firm, which are called the Russian side. The other two chimneys were made by an Indian firm, so it is called the Indian side. The plant has a power generation capacity of 840MW.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080327/jsp/jharkhand/story_9062347.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Mithilesh | last=Biswas | title=BHEL help to boost Patratu power | date=27 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/article984028.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913171734/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/article984028.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-13|title=NTPC 'in talks' to take over Jharkhand's Patratu power station|publisher=The Hindu Business Line |date=16 February 2010}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ramgarh District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ramgarh district]]

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