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About Padka Village

Padka is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 60 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padka village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176028
Area (hectares) 65.88 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 60
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,183
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padka compares

By the 2011 count Padka is the 209th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 65.88 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1082.

Getting to Padka

Padka 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 Padka as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Padka from other places

Padka lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 2.5 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 Padka
Nearest railway station Tripal 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 13 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 28 km

Villages closest to Padka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Padka

As per the Census of India 2011, Padka village had a population of 131. That makes it the 209th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Padka village has 60 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padka has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Padka is 176028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padka covers 65.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padka falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padka is Tripal, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padka.

Padka is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padka is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 2.5 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanotu (under 2 km), Khaleta (1.7 km) and Bilpar (2.0 km).

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

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