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About Padia Village

Padia is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 529 males and 485 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.08 hectares hectares.

Padia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padia village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Rajgarh
Area (hectares) 228.08 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 529
Female Population 485
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padia compares

By the 2011 count Padia is the 47th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 228.08 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 960.

Getting to Padia

Padia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padia as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padia from other places

Padia lies about 14 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 5.3 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 Padia
Nearest railway station Biyavra Rajgarh 5.3 km
Nearest town Biaora 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarh 14 km

Villages closest to Padia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padia village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 47th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Padia village has 529 males and 485 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padia has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Padia covers 228.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padia falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padia is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Padia is about 14 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padia is in Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Biyavra Rajgarh is about 5.3 km away. Biaora is about 6.4 km away. Rajgarh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandarpura (1.6 km), Kharna (2.1 km) and Sultanpura (2.1 km).

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

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