About Padaria Village

Padaria is a mid sized village in Kursakatta tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 547 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padaria village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Kursakatta
Pincode	854331
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	1,056
Male Population	547
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padaria compares

By the 2011 count Padaria is the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Padaria

Padaria is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Padaria as Available within 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 Padaria from other places

Padaria lies about 22 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Forbesganj Junction, about 12 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 Padaria
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Forbesganj Junction	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kursakatta	22 km
District headquarters	Araria	22 km

Villages closest to Padaria

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

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Common questions about Padaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Padaria village had a population of 1,056. That makes it the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents.

Padaria village has 547 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padaria has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Padaria is 854331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padaria covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padaria falls under Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Padaria is Forbesganj Junction, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padaria.

Padaria is about 22 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padaria is in Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district. Shahbazpur is about 9.4 km away. Forbesganj Junction is about 12 km away. Kursakatta is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.