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About Padiyar Gaon Village

Padiyar Gaon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 37 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padiyar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padiyar Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 21.72 hectares
Population 74
Male Population 37
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padiyar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Padiyar Gaon is the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 21.72 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Padiyar Gaon

Padiyar Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padiyar Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Padiyar Gaon from other places

Padiyar Gaon lies about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Padiyar Gaon
Nearest town Srīnagar 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 29 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 29 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km

Villages closest to Padiyar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devprayag 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 Padiyar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Padiyar Gaon village had a population of 74. That makes it the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Padiyar Gaon village has 37 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padiyar Gaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Padiyar Gaon is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padiyar Gaon covers 21.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padiyar Gaon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Padiyar Gaon is Rishikesh, about 47 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padiyar Gaon.

Padiyar Gaon is about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padiyar Gaon is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 5.4 km away. Devprayag is about 29 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Musana Gaon (under 2 km), Mushan Gaon (under 2 km) and Jhirkoti (under 2 km).

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

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