About Padra Village

Padra is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,524, made up of 810 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Pichhore
Pincode	473995
Area (hectares)	469 hectares
Population	1,524
Male Population	810
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padra compares

By the 2011 count Padra is the 62nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 469 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 877.

Getting to Padra

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

Padra lies about 70 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 14 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 Padra
Tehsil headquarters	Pichhore	11 km
Nearest railway station	Basai	14 km
Nearest town	Babīna	26 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	70 km

Villages closest to Padra

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.

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Common questions about Padra

As per the Census of India 2011, Padra village had a population of 1,524. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Padra village has 810 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padra has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Padra is 473995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padra covers 469 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Padra is Basai, about 14 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 Padra.

Padra is about 70 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padra is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 11 km away. Basai is about 14 km away. Babīna is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.