Patan block
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| Patan पाटन |
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| Nickname(s): पाटन | |
 Patan
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| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Palamu |
| Block | Patan |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Radha Krishna Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 146,139 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Magahi, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 822123 |
| Website | palamu |
Patan (Hindi: पाटन) is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka(प्रखंड) of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 25,186 households with aggregate population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages.
History
Patan a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 25 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Patan is a part of Chhatarpur (Jharkhand Assembly constituency).It is well connected by road via two road. Both Road connects to NH 98.
Old Patan Road is through patan mod Via Palhe and Main road passes through Bairiya chowk via Jonr. Patan surrounded on every side by mountains is a small beautiful town. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Patan Bazar.
Languages
Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;[1] and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[2]
