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About Padnoor Village

Padnoor is a large village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,232, made up of 1,131 males and 1,101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padnoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padnoor village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Puttur
Pincode 574201
Area (hectares) 608.12 hectares
Population 2,232
Male Population 1,131
Female Population 1,101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padnoor compares

By the 2011 count Padnoor is the 48th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 608.12 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Padnoor

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

Padnoor lies about 37 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kottikkulam, about 16 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 Padnoor
Nearest railway station Kottikkulam 16 km
Nearest town Kāsaragod 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Puttur 28 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 37 km

Villages closest to Padnoor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padnoor village had a population of 2,232. That makes it the 48th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Padnoor village has 1,131 males and 1,101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padnoor has about 973 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 1013.

The pincode recorded for Padnoor is 574201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padnoor covers 608.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padnoor falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padnoor is Kottikkulam, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padnoor.

Padnoor is about 37 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padnoor is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Kottikkulam is about 16 km away. Kāsaragod is about 16 km away. Puttur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nettanigemudnoor (11 km), Paduvannur (15 km) and Belandoor (15 km).

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

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