Patan, Chhattisgarh
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Patan is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Durg district
in the India
n state
of Chhattisgarh
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, Patan had a population of 8,698. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Patan has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 59%. In Patan, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Brigadier Vijay Kashyap joined army after engineering on the call of duty after 1971 war with Pakistan. After outstanding service in Army he became professor of management and later joined private company as executive.
Dr.Lokeshwar Nath Verma was the first Ph.D. holder from University of California, Riverside
, USA in agricultural sciences from this region who rose to become the first Director of National Bio Fertilizer Development Center (NBDC) under Ministry Of Agriculture, Government Of India. A scholar throughout his career, he is still contributing to the society by imparting training for increased utilization of bio-fertilzers to the farmers in rural areas.
Manharan Lal Verma joined Bhilai Steel plant after his engineering and held high office in BSP. After superannuation from Bhilai Steel Plant, he is serving POSCO ENC as General Manager(Technical)
Dr. Devendra Mohan Mishra completed his MBBS from Gwalior medical college and took job of a government doctor. Half of his career was spent in Patan serving people in local public health clinic. He preferred to continue serving people of Patan in his personal capability even after retirement as deputy chief medical officer. He continues to do so even today despite of his failing health.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Durg district
Durg District
Durg District is situated in Chattisgarh state of India. Until 2000 it formed part of Madhya Pradesh. District headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of 8,537 km². The population in 1991 was 2, 397,134 of which 12.4% were members of scheduled tribes...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
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Geography
Patan is located at 21.03°N 81.53°E. It has an average elevation of 280 metres (918 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Patan had a population of 8,698. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Patan has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 59%. In Patan, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
Patan was a hotbed of Indian freedom struggle. Sri M. P Sawarni, Uday Ram Verma, Uday Ram Dikoria and many others from this region were involved in freedom struggle against the British RajBritish Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
Education
Patan High School was built sometime around 1953. The school has produced several great students, mostly the next generation Indians after freedom struggle. They were ready to conquer and to take the lead in nation building. Some of the best students of Patan High School left their mark in society with their achievements.Notable personalities
Prof. Bhagwati Kashyap went on to finish his PhD and worked in US and Canada for several years before joining faculty of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Bombay.Brigadier Vijay Kashyap joined army after engineering on the call of duty after 1971 war with Pakistan. After outstanding service in Army he became professor of management and later joined private company as executive.
Dr.Lokeshwar Nath Verma was the first Ph.D. holder from University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
, USA in agricultural sciences from this region who rose to become the first Director of National Bio Fertilizer Development Center (NBDC) under Ministry Of Agriculture, Government Of India. A scholar throughout his career, he is still contributing to the society by imparting training for increased utilization of bio-fertilzers to the farmers in rural areas.
Manharan Lal Verma joined Bhilai Steel plant after his engineering and held high office in BSP. After superannuation from Bhilai Steel Plant, he is serving POSCO ENC as General Manager(Technical)
Dr. Devendra Mohan Mishra completed his MBBS from Gwalior medical college and took job of a government doctor. Half of his career was spent in Patan serving people in local public health clinic. He preferred to continue serving people of Patan in his personal capability even after retirement as deputy chief medical officer. He continues to do so even today despite of his failing health.