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About Padde Village

Padde is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 228 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padde village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Keskal
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 681 hectares
Population 439
Male Population 228
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padde compares

By the 2011 count Padde is the 55th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 681 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Padde

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

Padde lies about 108 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 28 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 Padde
Tehsil headquarters Keskal 21 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 28 km
Nearest town Kānker 28 km
District headquarters Bastar 108 km

Villages closest to Padde

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padde village had a population of 439. That makes it the 55th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Padde village has 228 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padde has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Padde covers 681 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padde falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padde is Antagarh, about 28 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 Padde.

Padde is about 108 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padde is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 21 km away. Antagarh is about 28 km away. Kānker is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hichka (1.9 km), Badekhauli (1.9 km) and Kothodi (2.1 km).

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

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