About Padain Village

Padain is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 85 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171109
Area (hectares)	127.97 hectares
Population	167
Male Population	85
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padain compares

By the 2011 count Padain is the 80th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 127.97 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Padain

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

Padain lies about 15 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 Padain
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	9.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km

Villages closest to Padain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padain village had a population of 167. That makes it the 80th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Padain village has 85 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padain has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Padain is 171109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padain covers 127.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padain falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Padain 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 Padain.

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

Padain is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.