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About Padum Chand Village

Padum Chand is a small village in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 77 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares.

Padum Chand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padum Chand village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Baghmara Cum Katras
Area (hectares) 78 hectares
Population 142
Male Population 77
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padum Chand compares

By the 2011 count Padum Chand is the 163rd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents. Its 78 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 915.

Getting to Padum Chand

Padum Chand is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padum Chand as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nawagarh, Nichitpur, Nutandih and Olidi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Padum Chand

As per the Census of India 2011, Padum Chand village had a population of 142. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents.

Padum Chand village has 77 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padum Chand has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Padum Chand covers 78 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.

Padum Chand falls under Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Padum Chand notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Padum Chand.

Padum Chand is in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Padum Chand today is likely to be higher.

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