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About Padora Village

Padora is a large village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,699, made up of 1,470 males and 1,229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483 hectares hectares.

Padora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padora village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Area (hectares) 483 hectares
Population 2,699
Male Population 1,470
Female Population 1,229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padora compares

By the 2011 count Padora is the 25th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 483 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Padora

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

Padora lies about 41 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 36 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 Padora
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 24 km
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 36 km
Nearest town Bāmor Kalān 36 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 41 km

Villages closest to Padora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padora village had a population of 2,699. That makes it the 25th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Padora village has 1,470 males and 1,229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padora has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Padora covers 483 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padora falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padora is Lukwasa, about 36 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Padora.

Padora is about 41 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padora is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 24 km away. Lukwasa is about 36 km away. Bāmor Kalān is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rautora (under 2 km), Rupepur (1.9 km) and Puraini (3.1 km).

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

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