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About Padla Village

Padla is a mid sized village in Manawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 640 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.91 hectares hectares.

Padla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Manawar
Area (hectares) 330.91 hectares
Population 1,242
Male Population 640
Female Population 602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Padla compares

By the 2011 count Padla is the 95th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents. Its 330.91 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 987.

Getting to Padla

Padla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Padla 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padla from other places

Padla lies about 70 km from Dhar, 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 Manawar 32 km
District headquarters Dhar 70 km

Villages closest to Padla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manawar 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 1,242. That makes it the 95th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents.

Padla village has 640 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padla has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Padla covers 330.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padla falls under Manawar tehsil of Dhar 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.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padla.

Padla is about 70 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padla is in Manawar tehsil of Dhar district. Hathi gate station is about 9.2 km away. Rajpur is about 9.3 km away. Manawar is about 32 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), Rangaon (6.0 km) and Rajpura (9.3 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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