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About Padhri Village

Padhri is a mid sized village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 445 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhri village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Zira
Pincode 142044
Area (hectares) 131.61 hectares
Population 828
Male Population 445
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padhri compares

By the 2011 count Padhri is the 98th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 131.61 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Padhri

Padhri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Padhri 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padhri from other places

Padhri lies about 36 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Butewala, about 3.9 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 Padhri
Nearest railway station Butewala 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Zira 17 km
District headquarters Firozpur 36 km

Villages closest to Padhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhri village had a population of 828. That makes it the 98th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Padhri village has 445 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhri has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Padhri is 142044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhri covers 131.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Padhri falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Padhri is Butewala, about 3.9 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 village for Padhri.

Padhri is about 36 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhri is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Butewala is about 3.9 km away. Zira is about 17 km away. Firozpur 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 Baharwali (under 2 km), Watu Bhatti (under 2 km) and Sirhali (under 2 km).

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

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