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About Padampur Village

Padampur is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,296, made up of 671 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833010
Area (hectares) 291 hectares
Population 1,296
Male Population 671
Female Population 625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padampur compares

By the 2011 count Padampur is the 12th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 291 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Padampur

Padampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padampur as Available within 10+ 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padampur from other places

Padampur lies about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.5 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 Padampur
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 4.7 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 16 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 20 km

Villages closest to Padampur

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

Common questions about Padampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Padampur village had a population of 1,296. That makes it the 12th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Padampur village has 671 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padampur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Padampur is 833010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padampur covers 291 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padampur falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Padampur is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padampur.

Padampur is about 16 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padampur is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 3.5 km away. Kharsawan is about 4.7 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telisai (under 2 km), Gopinathpur (under 2 km) and Barahsai (under 2 km).

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

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