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About Padrai Village

Padrai is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 81 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.63 hectares hectares.

Padrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padrai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 241.63 hectares
Population 149
Male Population 81
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padrai compares

By the 2011 count Padrai is the 186th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 241.63 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 911.

Getting to Padrai

Padrai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padrai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Padrai from other places

Padrai lies about 34 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Obaidullaganj, about 8.6 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 Padrai
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 4.1 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Obaidullaganj 8.6 km
District headquarters Raisen 34 km

Villages closest to Padrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padrai village had a population of 149. That makes it the 186th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Padrai village has 81 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padrai has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Padrai covers 241.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padrai falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padrai is Obaidullaganj, about 8.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Padrai.

Padrai is about 34 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padrai is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Goharganj is about 4.1 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 8.4 km away. Obaidullaganj is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murhari (2.4 km), Singaldeep (2.6 km) and Ashapuri (3.1 km).

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

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