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About Padri Kalan Village

Padri Kalan is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 124 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.09 hectares hectares.

Padri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padri Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 176.09 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 124
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Padri Kalan is the 266th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 176.09 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Padri Kalan

Padri Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padri Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Padri Kalan from other places

Padri Kalan lies about 20 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 14 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 Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 10 km
Nearest railway station Khairahi 14 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 20 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 20 km

Villages closest to Padri Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padri Kalan village had a population of 256. That makes it the 266th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Padri Kalan village has 124 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padri Kalan has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Padri Kalan covers 176.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padri Kalan falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padri Kalan is Khairahi, about 14 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 <5 km distance for Padri Kalan.

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

Padri Kalan is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 10 km away. Khairahi is about 14 km away. Sonbhadra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakuli (under 2 km), Lohdhara (1.7 km) and Chorat (1.8 km).

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

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