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About Padukuli Village

Padukuli is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 309 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padukuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padukuli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Honavar
Pincode 581334
Area (hectares) 172.19 hectares
Population 609
Male Population 309
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padukuli compares

By the 2011 count Padukuli is the 54th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 172.19 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Padukuli

Padukuli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padukuli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Padukuli from other places

Padukuli lies about 46 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 8.9 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 Padukuli
Tehsil headquarters Honavar 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Manki 8.9 km
Nearest town Kumta 22 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 46 km

Villages closest to Padukuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padukuli village had a population of 609. That makes it the 54th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Padukuli village has 309 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padukuli has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Padukuli is 581334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padukuli covers 172.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padukuli falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Padukuli is Manki, about 8.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padukuli.

Padukuli is about 46 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padukuli is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 7.1 km away. Manki is about 8.9 km away. Kumta is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malkod (1.7 km), Molkod (1.7 km) and Kharwa (1.9 km).

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

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