About Padar Village

Padar is a mid sized village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,556, made up of 760 males and 796 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176052, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176052
Area (hectares)	143.8 hectares
Population	1,556
Male Population	760
Female Population	796
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padar compares

By the 2011 count Padar is the 11th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 143.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

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 village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 15 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 4.3 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 railway station	Chamunda Marg	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	12 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	15 km

Villages closest to Padar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padar village had a population of 1,556. That makes it the 11th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Padar village has 760 males and 796 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padar has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Padar is 176052. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padar covers 143.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Padar falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padar is Chamunda Marg, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Padar is about 15 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padar is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 4.3 km away. Dharmsala is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.