Patan, Chhattisgarh

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?Patan Chhattisgarh • India
Patan
Coordinates: 21°02′N 81°32′E / 21.03, 81.53
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 280 m (919 ft)
District(s)	Durg
Population	8,698 (2001)

Coordinates: 21°02′N 81°32′E / 21.03, 81.53

See Patan for disambiguation

Patan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Durg district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Freedom Struggle
4 References

[edit] Geography

Patan is located at 21.03° N 81.53° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 280 metres (918 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Patan had a population of 8698. 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.

Patan High School was built sometime around 1953. The school had produced several great students, mostly the next generation Indian after freedoms 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 mar in society with their achievement.

Prof. Bhagwati Kashyap went on to finish his PHD and worked in US and Canada for several years before being becoming Professor in IIT Bombay.

Brigadier Vijay Kashyap joined army for after his 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.

Manharan Lal Verma joined Bhilai Steel plant after his engineering and held high office in BSP.

Several other great students from Patan School went on to walk on the foot steps of earlier generation.

[edit] Freedom Struggle

Patan was hotbed of Indian freedom struggle. Sri M. P Sawarni, Uday Ram Verma, Uday Ram Dikoria were involved in freedom struggle and created trouble for british administration. After freedom in 1947 these freedom fighters got involved in nation building and that means dedicating themselves for providing guidence and education to new generation.