About Padhira Village

Padhira is a mid sized village in Budhal tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 275 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhira village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Budhal
Pincode	185233
Area (hectares)	98.8 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	275
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padhira compares

By the 2011 count Padhira is the 46th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,413 residents. Its 98.8 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Padhira

Padhira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padhira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Padhira from other places

Padhira lies about 5.7 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 54 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 Padhira
District headquarters	Rajouri	5.7 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Budhal	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	54 km

Villages closest to Padhira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhira village had a population of 516. That makes it the 46th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,413 residents.

Padhira village has 275 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhira has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Padhira is 185233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhira covers 98.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padhira falls under Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Padhira is Dugga, about 54 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padhira.

Padhira is about 5.7 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhira is in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 5.7 km away. Rajaori is about 14 km away. Budhal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.