Patan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Patan ranks #3 of 110 villages in Alot mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patan is a village of 2,894 people in 552 households (Census 2011) in Alot tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 110 villages in Alot tehsil. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Ratlam district centre, 37 km from Dag, the nearest town, 7 km from Vikramgarh Alot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457114, served by Alote post office; the LGD village code is 470312. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Alot, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MANGU BAI, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 3,412 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Patan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patan · this village | 2,894 | 50% | — |
| Khedi (Alot) · Alot | 202 | 64% | 1.8 km E |
| Dayalpura · Alot | 521 | 60% | 2.9 km SW |
| Dayalpura · Gogaon | 2,505 | 57% | 2.9 km SW |
| Nipaniya Rajguru · Alot | 1,312 | 34% | 2.9 km E |
| Napa Kheda · Alot | 540 | 50% | 3.3 km W |
| Badnawara · Alot | 607 | 32% | 3.9 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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