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About Padala Village

Padala is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,234, made up of 613 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750.22 hectares hectares.

Padala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padala village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Rajpur
Area (hectares) 750.22 hectares
Population 1,234
Male Population 613
Female Population 621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padala compares

By the 2011 count Padala is the 60th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 750.22 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Padala

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

Padala lies about 71 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Ambari Richhavi, about 12 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 Padala
Nearest railway station Ambari Richhavi 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpur 16 km
Nearest town Alirajpur 16 km
District headquarters Barwani 71 km

Villages closest to Padala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padala village had a population of 1,234. That makes it the 60th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Padala village has 613 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padala has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Padala covers 750.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padala falls under Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padala is Ambari Richhavi, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Padala.

Padala is about 71 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padala is in Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district. Ambari Richhavi is about 12 km away. Rajpur is about 16 km away. Alirajpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawarda (7.1 km), Morani (7.4 km) and Bilwani (8.8 km).

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

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