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About Padhana Village

Padhana is one of the larger villages in Nilokheri tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,260, made up of 2,792 males and 2,468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 942 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhana village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Karnal
Tehsil Nilokheri
Pincode 132117
Area (hectares) 942 hectares
Population 5,260
Male Population 2,792
Female Population 2,468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padhana compares

By the 2011 count Padhana is the 5th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,148 residents. Its 942 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Padhana

Padhana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Padhana 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padhana from other places

Padhana lies about 14 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Taraori, about 2.8 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 Padhana
Nearest railway station Taraori 2.8 km
Nearest town Tirāwari 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nilokheri 3.3 km
District headquarters Karnal 14 km

Villages closest to Padhana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhana village had a population of 5,260. That makes it the 5th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,148 residents.

Padhana village has 2,792 males and 2,468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhana has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Padhana is 132117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhana covers 942 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padhana falls under Nilokheri tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Padhana is Taraori, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Padhana.

Padhana is about 14 km from Karnal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhana is in Nilokheri tehsil of Karnal district. Taraori is about 2.8 km away. Tirāwari is about 3.2 km away. Nilokheri is about 3.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taraori (3.2 km), Sandhir (3.2 km) and Nilokheri (3.3 km).

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

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