About Padwar Village

Padwar is a large village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,570, made up of 1,413 males and 1,157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1925.55 hectares hectares.

Padwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padwar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	1925.55 hectares
Population	2,570
Male Population	1,413
Female Population	1,157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padwar compares

By the 2011 count Padwar is the 17th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 1925.55 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Padwar

Padwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Padwar as Available within 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 Padwar from other places

Padwar lies about 87 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khairar Junction, 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 Padwar
Nearest railway station	Khairar Junction	12 km
Nearest town	Bānda	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	14 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	87 km

Villages closest to Padwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padwar village had a population of 2,570. That makes it the 17th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Padwar village has 1,413 males and 1,157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padwar has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Padwar covers 1925.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padwar falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padwar is Khairar Junction, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padwar.

Padwar is about 87 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padwar is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khairar Junction is about 12 km away. Bānda is about 14 km away. Gaurihar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.