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About Padiyal Village

Padiyal is a large village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,878, made up of 2,015 males and 1,863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1113.5 hectares hectares.

Padiyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiyal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 1113.5 hectares
Population 3,878
Male Population 2,015
Female Population 1,863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padiyal compares

By the 2011 count Padiyal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 1113.5 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Padiyal

Padiyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padiyal as Available within 5 - 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 Padiyal from other places

Padiyal lies about 78 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 33 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 Padiyal
Nearest town Kukshi 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 13 km
Nearest railway station Jobat 33 km
District headquarters Dhar 78 km

Villages closest to Padiyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiyal village had a population of 3,878. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Padiyal village has 2,015 males and 1,863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiyal has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Padiyal covers 1113.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padiyal falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padiyal is Jobat, about 33 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 village for Padiyal.

Padiyal is about 78 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiyal is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 8.4 km away. Dahi is about 13 km away. Jobat is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badwanya (3.0 km), Pithampur (3.2 km) and Amlal (3.2 km).

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

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