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About Padar Village

Padar is a mid sized village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 219 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,320 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, 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 Jawali
Pincode 176210
Area (hectares) 233.26 hectares
Population 508
Male Population 219
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,320
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padar compares

By the 2011 count Padar is the 66th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 233.26 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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 <5 km distance. 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 Padar from other places

Padar lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Harsar Dehri, about 10 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
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Harsar Dehri 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km

Villages closest to Padar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawali 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 508. That makes it the 66th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Padar village has 219 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padar has about 1320 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Padar is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padar covers 233.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Padar is Harsar Dehri, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padar.

Padar is about 17 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 Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 9.3 km away. Harsar Dehri is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talial (1.6 km), Bakan (1.8 km) and Purkher (3.1 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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