It is a plateau area with an elevation of about 450 metres (1,476 ft) above mean sea level.

[1] Efforts are underway to get the first unit of the NTPC Limited’s North Karanpura Thermal Power Station (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.

[2]North Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, spread over 1,230 square kilometres (470 sq mi) in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pathalgara (location code 349294) had a total population of 2,355, of which 1,224 (52%) were males and 1,131 (48%) were females.

The total number of literate persons in Pathalgara was 1,575 (78.28% of the population over 6 years).