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About Padukudoor Village

Padukudoor is a mid sized village in Karkal tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 319 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padukudoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padukudoor village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Udupi
Tehsil Karkal
Pincode 574108
Area (hectares) 479.5 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 319
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,273
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padukudoor compares

By the 2011 count Padukudoor is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents. Its 479.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1097.

Getting to Padukudoor

Padukudoor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padukudoor as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Padukudoor from other places

Padukudoor lies about 42 km from Udupi, 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 Padukudoor
Nearest railway station Jokatte 6.8 km
Nearest town Mangaluru 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Karkal 26 km
District headquarters Udupi 42 km

Villages closest to Padukudoor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padukudoor village had a population of 725. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents.

Padukudoor village has 319 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padukudoor has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1097.

The pincode recorded for Padukudoor is 574108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padukudoor covers 479.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padukudoor falls under Karkal tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padukudoor 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padukudoor.

Padukudoor is about 42 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padukudoor is in Karkal tehsil of Udupi district. Jokatte is about 6.8 km away. Mangaluru is about 10 km away. Karkal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neere (3.6 km), Mundkuru (14 km) and Mulladka (16 km).

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

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