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About Papdi Kalan Village

Papdi Kalan is a small village in Narayanganj tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 187 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 759 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.4 hectares hectares.

Papdi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papdi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Narayanganj
Area (hectares) 407.4 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 187
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 759
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Papdi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Papdi Kalan is the 117th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 407.4 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 999.

Getting to Papdi Kalan

Papdi Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Papdi Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Papdi Kalan from other places

Papdi Kalan lies about 56 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Charghat Pipari, about 11 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 Papdi Kalan
Nearest railway station Charghat Pipari 11 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayanganj 30 km
District headquarters Mandla 56 km

Villages closest to Papdi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narayanganj 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 Papdi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Papdi Kalan village had a population of 329. That makes it the 117th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Papdi Kalan village has 187 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papdi Kalan has about 759 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Papdi Kalan covers 407.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Papdi Kalan falls under Narayanganj tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papdi Kalan is Charghat Pipari, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Papdi Kalan.

Papdi Kalan is about 56 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papdi Kalan is in Narayanganj tehsil of Mandla district. Charghat Pipari is about 11 km away. Jabalpur is about 24 km away. Narayanganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Papdi Khurd (1.6 km), Harbanspur (2.3 km) and Lakhanpur (2.4 km).

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

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