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About Padkalbenda Village

Padkalbenda is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 67 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4148 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padkalbenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padkalbenda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 4148 hectares
Population 118
Male Population 67
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 761
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padkalbenda compares

By the 2011 count Padkalbenda is the 166th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 4148 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Padkalbenda

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

Padkalbenda lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Padkalbenda
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 15 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 34 km

Villages closest to Padkalbenda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padkalbenda village had a population of 118. That makes it the 166th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Padkalbenda village has 67 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padkalbenda has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Padkalbenda is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padkalbenda covers 4148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padkalbenda falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Padkalbenda notes the nearest railway station 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 Padkalbenda.

Padkalbenda is about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padkalbenda is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 15 km away. Nārāinpur is about 28 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padbeda (under 2 km), Kachwar (1.7 km) and Gunjnar (1.9 km).

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

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