Patrapur
| Patrapur | |
| — village — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Orissa |
| District(s) | Ganjam |
| Nearest city | Ichchapuram |
| Sex ratio | 50%-50% ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Patrapur is one of the BLOCK headquarters of Ganjam district situated south of Orissa bordering to Andhra Pradesh. It is located southwest of Berhampur and southeast of Chikiti. It is one the biggest village of Ganjam district, having more than 15,000 people.
Patrapur is a business center catering to surrounding villages. The major occupations are agriculture, trading and self-employment. People are dependent on rain for crops. There are 3 primary schools, one middle English school, one girls' high school and one coeducational high school. Commercial banks like Canara Bank, state bank of india cooperative banks, a court, a fire station, Tahasil offices, a hospital and other establishments encourage people from nearby villages to come to the town. People speak Oriya as mother tongue, however Telugu is an additional language because Patrapur borders with Andhra Pradesh, recently Tahkurani yatra02-05-2011 to 11-05-2011 is concluded in much funfair, around 50000 people gethered daily for 10 days yatra, I was one of the luckiest to witness the yatra. It was great time there- Written by Chidananda Subudhi and few thing's edited by k.santosh kumar
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Coordinates: 19°08′N 84°34′E / 19.133°N 84.567°E
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