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About Padoki Village

Padoki is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 363 males and 365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padoki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padoki village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 415.26 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 363
Female Population 365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padoki compares

By the 2011 count Padoki is the 41st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 415.26 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Padoki

Padoki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padoki as Available. 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 Padoki from other places

Padoki lies about 89 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 60 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 Padoki
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 5.8 km
Nearest town Kānker 40 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 60 km
District headquarters Bastar 89 km

Villages closest to Padoki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Padoki

As per the Census of India 2011, Padoki village had a population of 728. That makes it the 41st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Padoki village has 363 males and 365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padoki has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Padoki is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padoki covers 415.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padoki falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padoki is Antagarh, about 60 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padoki.

Padoki is about 89 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padoki is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 5.8 km away. Kānker is about 40 km away. Antagarh is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tenwasa (2.6 km), Chhoterajpur (3.0 km) and Kalgaon (5.7 km).

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

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