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About Padiya Village

Padiya is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 185 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.11 hectares hectares.

Padiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Rajgarh
Area (hectares) 260.11 hectares
Population 354
Male Population 185
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padiya compares

By the 2011 count Padiya is the 192nd largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 260.11 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Padiya

Padiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padiya 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padiya from other places

Padiya lies about 9.5 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Pench, about 18 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 Padiya
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarh 9.5 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Pench 18 km

Villages closest to Padiya

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 Padiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiya village had a population of 354. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Padiya village has 185 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiya has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Padiya covers 260.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Padiya is Pench, about 18 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padiya.

Padiya is about 9.5 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiya is in Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Rajgarh is about 9.5 km away. Rājgarh is about 9.5 km away. Pench is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deoli (under 2 km), Bakhtawarpura (1.5 km) and Semlibey (1.7 km).

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

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