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About Padhapur Village

Padhapur is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 189 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494553
Area (hectares) 252.3 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 189
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,148
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padhapur compares

By the 2011 count Padhapur is the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 252.3 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Padhapur

Padhapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Padhapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padhapur from other places

Padhapur lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Padhapur
Nearest town Bacheli 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 18 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 18 km

Villages closest to Padhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhapur village had a population of 406. That makes it the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Padhapur village has 189 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhapur has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Padhapur is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhapur covers 252.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padhapur falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Padhapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padhapur.

Padhapur is about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhapur is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Bacheli is about 1.7 km away. Dantewada is about 18 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bainpal (1.7 km), Pinabacheli (5.5 km) and Dugeli (6.2 km).

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

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