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About Padunya Village

Padunya is a mid sized village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 888, made up of 454 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.25 hectares hectares.

Padunya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padunya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Badnawar
Area (hectares) 449.25 hectares
Population 888
Male Population 454
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padunya compares

By the 2011 count Padunya is the 71st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 449.25 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Padunya

Padunya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padunya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Padunya from other places

Padunya lies about 36 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Barnagar, about 17 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 Padunya
Tehsil headquarters Badnawar 14 km
Nearest town Badnāwar 14 km
Nearest railway station Barnagar 17 km
District headquarters Dhar 36 km

Villages closest to Padunya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padunya village had a population of 888. That makes it the 71st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Padunya village has 454 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padunya has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Padunya covers 449.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padunya falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padunya is Barnagar, about 17 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 village for Padunya.

Padunya is about 36 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padunya is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Badnawar is about 14 km away. Badnāwar is about 14 km away. Barnagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhat Bamanda (2.3 km), Bulgara (2.5 km) and Kanwasa (2.7 km).

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

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