About Padi Village

Padi is a small village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 382, made up of 191 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632512
Area (hectares)	181.45 hectares
Population	382
Male Population	191
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Padi compares

By the 2011 count Padi is the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 181.45 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Padi

Padi 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 Padi 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padi from other places

Padi lies about 20 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Kannamangalam, 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 Padi
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kannamangalam	16 km
District headquarters	Vellore	20 km

Villages closest to Padi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padi village had a population of 382. That makes it the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Padi village has 191 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Padi is 632512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padi covers 181.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padi falls under Arcot tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Padi is Kannamangalam, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Padi is about 20 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padi is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Arcot is about 9.4 km away. Kannamangalam is about 16 km away. Vellore is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.