About Padhan Village

Padhan is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 124 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177112
Area (hectares)	98 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	124
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padhan compares

By the 2011 count Padhan is the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 98 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Padhan

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

Padhan lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about under 2 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 Padhan
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	25 km

Villages closest to Padhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhan village had a population of 264. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Padhan village has 124 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhan has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Padhan is 177112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhan covers 98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padhan falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padhan is Jawanwala Shahr, about under 2 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 Padhan.

Padhan is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhan is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawanwala Shahr is about under 2 km away. Jaswan is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.