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About Padkidih Village

Padkidih is a mid sized village in Simga tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,338, made up of 681 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padkidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padkidih village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Simga
Pincode 495118
Area (hectares) 419.64 hectares
Population 1,338
Male Population 681
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padkidih compares

By the 2011 count Padkidih is the 59th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 419.64 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Padkidih

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

Padkidih lies about 57 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 15 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 Padkidih
Nearest railway station Bhatapara 15 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Simga 31 km
District headquarters Raipur 57 km

Villages closest to Padkidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padkidih village had a population of 1,338. That makes it the 59th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Padkidih village has 681 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padkidih has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Padkidih is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padkidih covers 419.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padkidih falls under Simga tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padkidih is Bhatapara, about 15 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 Padkidih.

Padkidih is about 57 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padkidih is in Simga tehsil of Raipur district. Bhatapara is about 15 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 15 km away. Simga is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amakoni (2.7 km), Suhela (2.7 km) and Jhipan (3.8 km).

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

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