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About Padliganda Village

Padliganda is a mid sized village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,869, made up of 996 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247667, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padliganda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padliganda village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247667
Area (hectares) 113.01 hectares
Population 1,869
Male Population 996
Female Population 873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padliganda compares

By the 2011 count Padliganda is the 125th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 113.01 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Padliganda

The census records public bus service for Padliganda 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padliganda from other places

Padliganda lies about 34 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Iqbalpur, about 2.3 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 Padliganda
Nearest railway station Iqbalpur 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee 6.4 km
District headquarters Hardwar 34 km

Villages closest to Padliganda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padliganda village had a population of 1,869. That makes it the 125th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Padliganda village has 996 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padliganda has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Padliganda is 247667. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padliganda covers 113.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Padliganda falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Padliganda is Iqbalpur, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Padliganda.

Padliganda is about 34 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padliganda is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Iqbalpur is about 2.3 km away. Roorkee is about 6.4 km away. Hardwar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharmpur (under 2 km), Safarpur (under 2 km) and Iqbalpur Kamelpur (under 2 km).

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

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