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About Padiyoor Village

Padiyoor is one of the larger villages in Taliparamba tehsil, in the district of Kannur, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,114, made up of 5,936 males and 6,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2544 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 670703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padiyoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiyoor village
Description Value
State Kerala
District Kannur
Tehsil Taliparamba
Pincode 670703
Area (hectares) 2544 hectares
Population 12,114
Male Population 5,936
Female Population 6,178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padiyoor compares

By the 2011 count Padiyoor is the 21st largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 15,237 residents. Its 2544 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Padiyoor

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

Padiyoor lies about 33 km from Kannur, and the nearest railway station is Kannur South, about 29 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 Padiyoor
Nearest town Mattanur 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Kannur South 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Taliparamba 30 km
District headquarters Kannur 33 km

Villages closest to Padiyoor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiyoor village had a population of 12,114. That makes it the 21st largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 15,237 residents.

Padiyoor village has 5,936 males and 6,178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiyoor has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Padiyoor is 670703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padiyoor covers 2544 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padiyoor falls under Taliparamba tehsil of Kannur district in Kerala.

The nearest railway station to Padiyoor is Kannur South, about 29 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 Padiyoor.

Padiyoor is about 33 km from Kannur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiyoor is in Taliparamba tehsil of Kannur district. Mattanur is about 9.7 km away. Kannur South is about 29 km away. Taliparamba is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalliad (4.6 km), Nuchiyad (5.1 km) and Irikkur (8.6 km).

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

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