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About Padi Village

Padi is a mid sized village in Tirupati Rural tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,776, made up of 1,170 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 518 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padi village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Chittoor
Tehsil Tirupati Rural
Pincode 517503
Area (hectares) 365 hectares
Population 1,776
Male Population 1,170
Female Population 606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 518
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padi compares

By the 2011 count Padi is the 12th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,019 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Padi

Padi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padi from other places

Padi lies about 26 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Mukundarayapuram, about 9.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Padi
Nearest railway station Mukundarayapuram 9.5 km
Nearest town Rāmāpuram 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirupati Rural 26 km
District headquarters Chittoor 26 km

Villages closest to Padi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirupati Rural tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Padi

As per the Census of India 2011, Padi village had a population of 1,776. That makes it the 12th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,019 residents.

Padi village has 1,170 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padi has about 518 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Padi is 517503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padi covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padi falls under Tirupati Rural tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padi is Mukundarayapuram, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padi.

Padi is about 26 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padi is in Tirupati Rural tehsil of Chittoor district. Mukundarayapuram is about 9.5 km away. Rāmāpuram is about 11 km away. Tirupati Rural is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vedantha Puram (11 km), Pudipatla (18 km) and Paidi Palle (20 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Padi today is likely to be higher.

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