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About Padal Village

Padal is a mid sized village in Khatav tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,604, made up of 791 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1142 hectares hectares.

Padal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Khatav
Area (hectares) 1142 hectares
Population 1,604
Male Population 791
Female Population 813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padal compares

By the 2011 count Padal is the 53rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 1142 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Padal

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

Padal lies about 12 km from Satara. 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 Padal
Nearest town Godoli 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Khatav 12 km
District headquarters Satara 12 km

Villages closest to Padal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padal village had a population of 1,604. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Padal village has 791 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padal has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Padal covers 1142 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.

Padal falls under Khatav tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Padal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padal.

Padal is about 12 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padal is in Khatav tehsil of Satara district. Godoli is about 10 km away. Khatav is about 12 km away. Satara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandave (5.6 km), Palasgaon (11 km) and Palashi (11 km).

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

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