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About Padli Village

Padli is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 63 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,254 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246446
Area (hectares) 88.87 hectares
Population 142
Male Population 63
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,254
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padli compares

By the 2011 count Padli is the 94th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 88.87 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1199.

Getting to Padli

Padli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Padli as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Padli from other places

Padli lies about 21 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 92 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 Padli
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 11 km
District headquarters Chamoli 21 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 51 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 92 km

Villages closest to Padli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padli village had a population of 142. That makes it the 94th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Padli village has 63 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padli has about 1254 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Padli is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padli covers 88.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padli falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Padli is Kotdwara, about 92 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Padli.

Padli is about 21 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padli is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 11 km away. Chamoli is about 21 km away. Srīnagar is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hyuna (under 2 km), Khatyari (under 2 km) and Sunai (under 2 km).

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

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