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About Padampur Village

Padampur is a mid sized village in Hasanganj tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,275, made up of 633 males and 642 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.4 hectares hectares.

Padampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Hasanganj
Area (hectares) 308.4 hectares
Population 1,275
Male Population 633
Female Population 642
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padampur compares

By the 2011 count Padampur is the 14th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 308.4 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Padampur

Padampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padampur 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padampur from other places

Padampur lies about 114 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, 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 Padampur
Nearest railway station Dasharathpur 1.6 km
Nearest town Jamālpur 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hasanganj 7.0 km
District headquarters Katihar 114 km

Villages closest to Padampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padampur village had a population of 1,275. That makes it the 14th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Padampur village has 633 males and 642 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padampur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Padampur covers 308.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padampur falls under Hasanganj tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Padampur is Dasharathpur, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Padampur.

Padampur is about 114 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padampur is in Hasanganj tehsil of Katihar district. Dasharathpur is about 1.6 km away. Jamālpur is about 4.2 km away. Hasanganj is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramnagar Bansi (7.1 km), Bharsa (7.4 km) and Kawaiya (7.6 km).

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

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