About Padhar Village

Padhar is a large village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,726, made up of 1,857 males and 1,869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3970.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhar village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370105
Area (hectares)	3970.9 hectares
Population	3,726
Male Population	1,857
Female Population	1,869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padhar compares

By the 2011 count Padhar is the 17th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 3970.9 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 966.

Getting to Padhar

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

Padhar lies about 10 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Kukma, about 6.1 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 Padhar
Nearest railway station	Kukma	6.1 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	10 km
Nearest town	Madhapar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	16 km

Villages closest to Padhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhar village had a population of 3,726. That makes it the 17th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Padhar village has 1,857 males and 1,869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Padhar is 370105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhar covers 3970.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padhar falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Padhar is Kukma, about 6.1 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Padhar.

Padhar is about 10 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhar is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Kukma is about 6.1 km away. Kachchh is about 10 km away. Madhapar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.