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About Padiain Village

Padiain is a large village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,426, made up of 1,190 males and 1,236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padiain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiain village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pathariya
Pincode 496440
Area (hectares) 623.22 hectares
Population 2,426
Male Population 1,190
Female Population 1,236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padiain compares

By the 2011 count Padiain is the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 623.22 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Padiain

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

Padiain lies about 30 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 20 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 Padiain
Tehsil headquarters Pathariya 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Belha 20 km
Nearest town Mungeli 23 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Padiain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiain village had a population of 2,426. That makes it the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Padiain village has 1,190 males and 1,236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiain has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Padiain is 496440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padiain covers 623.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padiain falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padiain is Belha, about 20 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 village for Padiain.

Padiain is about 30 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiain is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pathariya is about 6.7 km away. Belha is about 20 km away. Mungeli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rohra Kalan (under 2 km), Dani Pendri (2.2 km) and Pendri (2.2 km).

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

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