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About Padmapuram Village

Padmapuram is a large village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,022, made up of 1,034 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 748 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padmapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padmapuram village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Araku Valley
Pincode 531149
Area (hectares) 748 hectares
Population 2,022
Male Population 1,034
Female Population 988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padmapuram compares

By the 2011 count Padmapuram is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 748 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Padmapuram

The census records public bus service for Padmapuram as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padmapuram from other places

Padmapuram lies about 82 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Araku, about 1.6 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 Padmapuram
Tehsil headquarters Araku Valley under 2 km
Nearest railway station Araku 1.6 km
Nearest town Sālūr 40 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 82 km

Villages closest to Padmapuram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Araku Valley 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 Padmapuram

As per the Census of India 2011, Padmapuram village had a population of 2,022. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Padmapuram village has 1,034 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padmapuram has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Padmapuram is 531149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padmapuram covers 748 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padmapuram falls under Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padmapuram is Araku, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padmapuram.

Padmapuram is about 82 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padmapuram is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Araku Valley is about under 2 km away. Araku is about 1.6 km away. Sālūr is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kantabamsuguda (1.7 km), Chompi (2.9 km) and Ravvalaguda (2.9 km).

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

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