About Padur Village

Padur is a mid sized village in Poonamallee tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,048, made up of 534 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Poonamallee
Pincode	601205
Area (hectares)	317.25 hectares
Population	1,048
Male Population	534
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 9 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Padur compares

By the 2011 count Padur is the 16th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,715 residents. Its 317.25 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Padur

Padur 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 Padur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 9 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 22 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padur from other places

Padur lies about 51 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Sholinganallur Metro, about 11 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 Padur
Nearest town	Sholinganallur	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sholinganallur Metro	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poonamallee	30 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	51 km

Villages closest to Padur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padur village had a population of 1,048. That makes it the 16th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,715 residents.

Padur village has 534 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padur has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Padur is 601205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padur covers 317.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padur falls under Poonamallee tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Padur is Sholinganallur Metro, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 22 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 9 km distance for Padur.

Padur is about 51 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padur is in Poonamallee tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Sholinganallur is about 9.5 km away. Sholinganallur Metro is about 11 km away. Poonamallee is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.