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About Padar Village

Padar is a small village in Modasa tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 255 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padar village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Modasa
Pincode 383320
Area (hectares) 352.93 hectares
Population 473
Male Population 255
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padar compares

By the 2011 count Padar is the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 352.93 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 945.

Getting to Padar

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

Padar lies about 86 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Modasa, about 28 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 Padar
Nearest town Lūnāvāda 27 km
Nearest railway station Modasa 28 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 86 km

Villages closest to Padar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padar village had a population of 473. That makes it the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Padar village has 255 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padar has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Padar is 383320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padar covers 352.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padar falls under Modasa tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Padar is Modasa, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Padar.

Padar is about 86 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padar is in Modasa tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Lūnāvāda is about 27 km away. Modasa is about 28 km away. Sabar Kantha is about 86 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jitpur (3.3 km), Sitpur (3.3 km) and Dungarvada (4.3 km).

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

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