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About Padumarnadu Village

Padumarnadu is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,553, made up of 2,204 males and 2,349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1198.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padumarnadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padumarnadu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Mangalore
Pincode 574213
Area (hectares) 1198.94 hectares
Population 4,553
Male Population 2,204
Female Population 2,349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padumarnadu compares

By the 2011 count Padumarnadu is the 10th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 1198.94 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1060.

Getting to Padumarnadu

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

Padumarnadu lies about 41 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Jokatte, about 6.8 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 Padumarnadu
Nearest railway station Jokatte 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mangalore 10 km
Nearest town Mangaluru 10 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 41 km

Villages closest to Padumarnadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padumarnadu village had a population of 4,553. That makes it the 10th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Padumarnadu village has 2,204 males and 2,349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padumarnadu has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Padumarnadu is 574213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padumarnadu covers 1198.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padumarnadu falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padumarnadu is Jokatte, about 6.8 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 Padumarnadu.

Padumarnadu is about 41 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padumarnadu is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Jokatte is about 6.8 km away. Mangalore is about 10 km away. Mangaluru is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padukonaje (under 2 km), Padupanamboor (under 2 km) and Paduperar (under 2 km).

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

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