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About Padi Village

Padi is a mid sized village in Dumbriguda tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 476 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 976 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531151, 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 Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Dumbriguda
Pincode 531151
Area (hectares) 976 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 476
Female Population 524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padi compares

By the 2011 count Padi is the 17th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 564 residents. Its 976 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1145.

Getting to Padi

Padi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 14 km from Dumbriguda, and the nearest railway station is Duvvada, about 5.9 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 town Visakhapatnam under 2 km
Nearest railway station Duvvada 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumbriguda 14 km

Villages closest to Padi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumbriguda 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 1,000. That makes it the 17th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 564 residents.

Padi village has 476 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padi has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1145.

The pincode recorded for Padi is 531151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padi covers 976 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padi falls under Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padi is Duvvada, about 5.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padi.

Padi is about 14 km from Dumbriguda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padi is in Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Visakhapatnam is about under 2 km away. Duvvada is about 5.9 km away. Dumbriguda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anjoda (under 2 km), Araku (under 2 km) and Arama (under 2 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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