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About Padigaon Village

Padigaon is a large village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,983, made up of 1,487 males and 1,496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 833.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padigaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 496440
Area (hectares) 833.47 hectares
Population 2,983
Male Population 1,487
Female Population 1,496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padigaon compares

By the 2011 count Padigaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 833.47 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Padigaon

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

Padigaon lies about 22 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 21 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 Padigaon
Nearest railway station Raigarh 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 22 km

Villages closest to Padigaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padigaon village had a population of 2,983. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Padigaon village has 1,487 males and 1,496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padigaon has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

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

Padigaon covers 833.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padigaon falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padigaon is Raigarh, about 21 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 Padigaon.

Padigaon is about 22 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padigaon is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 21 km away. Pusour is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surajgarh (1.5 km), Sutupali (2.1 km) and Turanga (2.4 km).

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

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