Patra is a census town in the Udhwa CD block in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
Patra has an area of .
According to the 2011 Census of India, Patra had a population of 9,536, of which 4,845 (51%) were males and 4,691 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0âÂÂ6 years was 2,408. The total number of literate persons in Patra was 3,350 (47.00% of the population over 6 years).
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Patra covered an area of 6.26 km<sup>2</sup>. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 141 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.