About Padenga Village

Padenga is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 234 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padenga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494777
Area (hectares)	604.44 hectares
Population	453
Male Population	234
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padenga compares

By the 2011 count Padenga is the 129th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 604.44 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Padenga

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

Padenga lies about 87 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 72 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 Padenga
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	20 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	58 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	72 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	87 km

Villages closest to Padenga

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

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Common questions about Padenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Padenga village had a population of 453. That makes it the 129th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Padenga village has 234 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padenga has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Padenga is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padenga covers 604.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padenga falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Padenga is Antagarh, about 72 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 Padenga.

Padenga is about 87 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.

Padenga is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 20 km away. Garhchiroli is about 58 km away. Antagarh is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.