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About Padraha Village

Padraha is a mid sized village in Ajaigarh tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,737, made up of 932 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.13 hectares hectares.

Padraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padraha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Ajaigarh
Area (hectares) 619.13 hectares
Population 1,737
Male Population 932
Female Population 805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padraha compares

By the 2011 count Padraha is the 27th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents. Its 619.13 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Padraha

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

Padraha lies about 22 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 24 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 Padraha
Tehsil headquarters Ajaigarh 15 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 19 km
District headquarters Panna 22 km
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 24 km

Villages closest to Padraha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padraha village had a population of 1,737. That makes it the 27th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents.

Padraha village has 932 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padraha has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Padraha covers 619.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padraha falls under Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padraha is Rajnagar K, about 24 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 Padraha.

Padraha is about 22 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padraha is in Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district. Ajaigarh is about 15 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 19 km away. Panna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhapatpur Kurmiyan (1.5 km), Dewra Bhapatpur (2.1 km) and Simra Kalan (2.8 km).

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

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