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About Padiana Village

Padiana is a small village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 90 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padiana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143112
Area (hectares) 40 hectares
Population 178
Male Population 90
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padiana compares

By the 2011 count Padiana is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Padiana

The census records public bus service for Padiana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padiana from other places

Padiana lies about 37 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Baba Bakala Raiya, about 1.5 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 Padiana
Nearest railway station Baba Bakala Raiya 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 1.8 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 22 km
District headquarters Amritsar 37 km

Villages closest to Padiana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala 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 Padiana

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiana village had a population of 178. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Padiana village has 90 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiana has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Padiana is 143112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padiana covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padiana falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Padiana is Baba Bakala Raiya, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padiana.

Padiana is about 37 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiana is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Baba Bakala Raiya is about 1.5 km away. Baba Bakala is about 1.8 km away. Kapurthala Town is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umra Nangal (under 2 km), Baba Bakala (1.8 km) and Mehsampur Khurd (1.9 km).

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

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