About Padhiana Village

Padhiana is a large village in Jalandhar I tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,879, made up of 1,419 males and 1,460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhiana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhiana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Jalandhar I
Pincode	144001
Area (hectares)	889 hectares
Population	2,879
Male Population	1,419
Female Population	1,460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padhiana compares

By the 2011 count Padhiana is the 8th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents. Its 889 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Padhiana

Padhiana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padhiana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padhiana from other places

Padhiana lies about 24 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sham Chaurasi, about 6.7 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 Padhiana
Nearest railway station	Sham Chaurasi	6.7 km
Nearest town	Adampur	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalandhar I	24 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	24 km

Villages closest to Padhiana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar I 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 Padhiana

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhiana village had a population of 2,879. That makes it the 8th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents.

Padhiana village has 1,419 males and 1,460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhiana has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Padhiana is 144001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padhiana covers 889 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padhiana falls under Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Padhiana is Sham Chaurasi, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Padhiana.

Padhiana is about 24 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhiana is in Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sham Chaurasi is about 6.7 km away. Adampur is about 9.1 km away. Jalandhar I is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.