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About Padri Village

Padri is a large village in Rasra tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,377, made up of 1,177 males and 1,200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.61 hectares hectares.

Padri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Rasra
Area (hectares) 202.61 hectares
Population 2,377
Male Population 1,177
Female Population 1,200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Padri compares

By the 2011 count Padri is the 68th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 202.61 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Padri

Padri 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 Padri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padri from other places

Padri lies about 10 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Kichha, about 18 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 Padri
Nearest town Sitārganj under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Rasra 10 km
District headquarters Ballia 10 km
Nearest railway station Kichha 18 km

Villages closest to Padri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padri village had a population of 2,377. That makes it the 68th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Padri village has 1,177 males and 1,200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padri has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Padri covers 202.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Padri falls under Rasra tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padri is Kichha, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Padri.

Padri is about 10 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padri is in Rasra tehsil of Ballia district. Sitārganj is about under 2 km away. Rasra is about 10 km away. Ballia is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parshurampur (under 2 km), Rampur (under 2 km) and Rampur Asali (under 2 km).

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

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