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About Garh Padhana Village

Garh Padhana is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,592, made up of 780 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Padhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh Padhana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144518
Area (hectares) 401 hectares
Population 1,592
Male Population 780
Female Population 812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garh Padhana compares

By the 2011 count Garh Padhana is the 66th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 401 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Garh Padhana

Garh Padhana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garh Padhana 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 Garh Padhana from other places

Garh Padhana lies about 7.7 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 8.0 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 Garh Padhana
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Rahon 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 11 km

Villages closest to Garh Padhana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 Garh Padhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh Padhana village had a population of 1,592. That makes it the 66th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Garh Padhana village has 780 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh Padhana has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Garh Padhana is 144518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh Padhana covers 401 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garh Padhana falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garh Padhana is Rahon, about 8.0 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 Garh Padhana.

Garh Padhana is about 7.7 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh Padhana is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 7.7 km away. Rahon is about 8.0 km away. Nawanshahr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahadurpur (under 2 km), Mahal Khurd (1.8 km) and Garcha (2.1 km).

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

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