About Padam Ghata Village

Padam Ghata is a mid sized village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 293 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 458 hectares hectares.

Padam Ghata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padam Ghata village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Shadhora
Area (hectares)	458 hectares
Population	558
Male Population	293
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padam Ghata compares

By the 2011 count Padam Ghata is the 49th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 458 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Padam Ghata

Padam Ghata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padam Ghata as Available within 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padam Ghata from other places

Padam Ghata lies about 26 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Pilighat, about 5.0 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 Padam Ghata
Nearest railway station	Pilighat	5.0 km
Nearest town	Guna	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shadhora	26 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	26 km

Villages closest to Padam Ghata

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shadhora 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 Padam Ghata

As per the Census of India 2011, Padam Ghata village had a population of 558. That makes it the 49th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Padam Ghata village has 293 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padam Ghata has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Padam Ghata covers 458 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padam Ghata falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padam Ghata is Pilighat, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padam Ghata.

Padam Ghata is about 26 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padam Ghata is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Pilighat is about 5.0 km away. Guna is about 18 km away. Shadhora is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.