About Padwahan Village

Padwahan is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 79 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padwahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padwahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Padhar
Pincode	176121
Area (hectares)	53.02 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	79
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padwahan compares

By the 2011 count Padwahan is the 140th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 53.02 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Padwahan

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

Padwahan lies about 14 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 19 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 Padwahan
District headquarters	Mandi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padhar	27 km

Villages closest to Padwahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padwahan village had a population of 148. That makes it the 140th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Padwahan village has 79 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padwahan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Padwahan is 176121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padwahan covers 53.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padwahan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padwahan is Buffer Stop, about 19 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 Padwahan.

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

Padwahan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 14 km away. Buffer Stop is about 19 km away. Padhar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.