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About Padavagere Village

Padavagere is a mid sized village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 290 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padavagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padavagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Kunigal
Pincode 572111
Area (hectares) 595.9 hectares
Population 611
Male Population 290
Female Population 321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padavagere compares

By the 2011 count Padavagere is the 110th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 595.9 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Padavagere

Padavagere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padavagere 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padavagere from other places

Padavagere lies about 56 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 13 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 Padavagere
Nearest railway station Siddapura 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kunigal 20 km
District headquarters Tumkur 56 km

Villages closest to Padavagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padavagere village had a population of 611. That makes it the 110th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Padavagere village has 290 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padavagere has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Padavagere is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padavagere covers 595.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padavagere falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padavagere is Siddapura, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Padavagere.

Padavagere is about 56 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padavagere is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 13 km away. Kunigal is about 20 km away. Tumkur is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kantanahalli (under 2 km), Jinnagara (1.9 km) and Sanaba (2.7 km).

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

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