About Valpadi Village

Valpadi is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,520, made up of 1,690 males and 1,830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1228.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valpadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valpadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574236
Area (hectares)	1228.15 hectares
Population	3,520
Male Population	1,690
Female Population	1,830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Valpadi compares

By the 2011 count Valpadi is the 18th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 1228.15 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Valpadi

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

Valpadi lies about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manjeshwar, about 4.6 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 Valpadi
Nearest railway station	Manjeshwar	4.6 km
Nearest town	Ullal	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	17 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	39 km

Villages closest to Valpadi

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.

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Common questions about Valpadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Valpadi village had a population of 3,520. That makes it the 18th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Valpadi village has 1,690 males and 1,830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valpadi has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Valpadi is 574236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Valpadi covers 1228.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Valpadi is Manjeshwar, about 4.6 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 Valpadi.

Valpadi is about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valpadi is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Manjeshwar is about 4.6 km away. Ullal is about 5.4 km away. Mangalore is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.