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About Padoo Kalan Village

Padoo Kalan is one of the larger villages in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,833, made up of 4,489 males and 4,344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4235 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padoo Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padoo Kalan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341031
Area (hectares) 4235 hectares
Population 8,833
Male Population 4,489
Female Population 4,344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padoo Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Padoo Kalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 4235 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Padoo Kalan

Padoo Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padoo Kalan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padoo Kalan from other places

Padoo Kalan lies about 84 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta City, about 23 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 Padoo Kalan
Nearest railway station Merta City 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 23 km
District headquarters Nagaur 84 km

Villages closest to Padoo Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Merta 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 Padoo Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Padoo Kalan village had a population of 8,833. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Padoo Kalan village has 4,489 males and 4,344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padoo Kalan has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Padoo Kalan is 341031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padoo Kalan covers 4235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padoo Kalan falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Padoo Kalan is Merta City, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Padoo Kalan.

Padoo Kalan is about 84 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padoo Kalan is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta City is about 23 km away. Merta is about 23 km away. Nagaur is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabariyani Kalan (under 2 km), Padoo Khurd (3.0 km) and That (3.5 km).

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

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