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About Padangady Village

Padangady is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,045, made up of 2,004 males and 2,041 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1127.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padangady Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padangady village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574217
Area (hectares) 1127.15 hectares
Population 4,045
Male Population 2,004
Female Population 2,041
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padangady compares

By the 2011 count Padangady is the 16th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 1127.15 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Padangady

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

Padangady lies about 19 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 23 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 Padangady
Tehsil headquarters Beltangadi 5.1 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 19 km
Nearest railway station Neralakatte 23 km
Nearest town Bantvāl 24 km

Villages closest to Padangady

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padangady village had a population of 4,045. That makes it the 16th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Padangady village has 2,004 males and 2,041 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padangady has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Padangady is 574217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padangady covers 1127.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padangady falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padangady is Neralakatte, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Padangady.

Padangady is about 19 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padangady is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Beltangadi is about 5.1 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 19 km away. Neralakatte is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munduru (2.6 km), Melanthabettu (2.9 km) and Nalkuru (3.1 km).

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

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