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About Padua Village

Padua is a small village in Indus tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 148 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padua village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Indus
Pincode 722205
Area (hectares) 53.33 hectares
Population 280
Male Population 148
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padua compares

By the 2011 count Padua is the 120th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents. Its 53.33 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Padua

Padua 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 Padua as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Naga Tentul, Nandi Para, Narayanpur and Narra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Padua

As per the Census of India 2011, Padua village had a population of 280. That makes it the 120th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents.

Padua village has 148 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padua has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Padua is 722205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padua covers 53.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padua falls under Indus tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Padua notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padua.

Padua is in Indus tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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