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About Padla Village

Padla is a mid sized village in Anjad tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 869, made up of 441 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.66 hectares hectares.

Padla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Anjad
Area (hectares) 428.66 hectares
Population 869
Male Population 441
Female Population 428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padla compares

By the 2011 count Padla is the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents. Its 428.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Padla

Padla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Padla from other places

Padla lies about 34 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 9.2 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 Padla
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 9.2 km
Nearest town Rajpur 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Anjad 19 km
District headquarters Barwani 34 km

Villages closest to Padla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padla village had a population of 869. That makes it the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents.

Padla village has 441 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padla has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Padla covers 428.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padla falls under Anjad tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padla is Hathi gate station, about 9.2 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 km distance for Padla.

Padla is about 34 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padla is in Anjad tehsil of Barwani district. Hathi gate station is about 9.2 km away. Rajpur is about 9.3 km away. Anjad is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjari (1.8 km), Badgaon (3.8 km) and Sangoda (5.0 km).

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

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