About Padrah Village

Padrah is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 168 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padrah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	168.65 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	168
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	810
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padrah compares

By the 2011 count Padrah is the 29th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 168.65 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Padrah

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

Padrah lies about 39 km from Shimla. 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 Padrah
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	3.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	39 km

Villages closest to Padrah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padrah village had a population of 304. That makes it the 29th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Padrah village has 168 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padrah has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Padrah is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padrah covers 168.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padrah falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Padrah notes the nearest railway station 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 Padrah.

Padrah is about 39 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padrah is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 3.5 km away. Shimla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.