About Padda Village

Padda is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 821 males and 736 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padda village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143514
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	1,557
Male Population	821
Female Population	736
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Padda compares

By the 2011 count Padda is the 98th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 910.

Getting to Padda

Padda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padda as Available within 5 - 10 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 Padda from other places

Padda lies about 44 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Beas Junction, about 16 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 Padda
Nearest railway station	Beas Junction	16 km
Nearest town	Qadian	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	24 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	44 km

Villages closest to Padda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padda village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 98th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Padda village has 821 males and 736 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padda has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Padda is 143514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padda covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padda falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Padda is Beas Junction, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Padda.

Padda is about 44 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padda is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Beas Junction is about 16 km away. Qadian is about 20 km away. Batala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.