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About Padri Village

Padri is a large village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,779, made up of 1,440 males and 1,339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padri village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143107
Area (hectares) 570 hectares
Population 2,779
Male Population 1,440
Female Population 1,339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padri compares

By the 2011 count Padri is the 26th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 570 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Padri

Padri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padri as Available within <5 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 Padri from other places

Padri lies about 20 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Gurusar Sutlani, about 3.6 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 Padri
Nearest railway station Gurusar Sutlani 3.6 km
District headquarters Amritsar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 25 km

Villages closest to Padri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padri village had a population of 2,779. That makes it the 26th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Padri village has 1,440 males and 1,339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padri has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Padri is 143107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padri covers 570 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padri falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Padri is Gurusar Sutlani, about 3.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padri.

Padri is about 20 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padri is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Gurusar Sutlani is about 3.6 km away. Amritsar is about 20 km away. Ajnala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nurpur (under 2 km), Lanven (1.6 km) and Kaulowal (2.1 km).

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

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