# Padapan Village, Gadhada, Bhavnagar (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Gadhada, Bhavnagar 

# Padapan

Padapan is a village in Gadhada sub-district of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, PIN code **364730**. The 2011 Census counted **466 people in 98 households**, the 70th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 466people (2011)
- 98households
- 79.0%literacy
- 364730PIN code

## Padapan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Padapan is 364730.** Padapan falls in Gadhada sub-district, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat.

- PIN code364730
- Gram panchayatPadapan
- Community development blockGadhada
- Census village code516171

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Padapan from nearby towns?

- Gadhada (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bhavnagar (district HQ)73 km by road
- Gadhada (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Padapan?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Padapan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gadhada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gadhada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadhada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Padapan known for?

The main crops are **cotton, ground nut and sesame**. About 68% of the 356 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Padapan

Of every 100 households in Padapan in 2011, 98 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 61 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Padapan · ■ Gadhada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**59%

Tap water ****98%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**78%

Use banking services ****83%**

**45%

Television ****53%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****61%**

**38%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Padapan?

■ Padapan · ■ Gadhada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**910

Working population ****48.5%**

**41.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 66.5% for women. 63% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (12%) · **■** Other work 60 (27%) · **■** Marginal 53 (23%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gadhada

- Virdi585 people
- Pipal578 people
- Bodki571 people
- Raypar540 people
- Tatana442 people
- Ratanvav291 people
- Ankadiya84 people

[All 73 villages in Gadhada](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/bhavnagar/gadhada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Padapan?364730
- How far is Padapan from Bhavnagar?73 km by road
- What is the population of Padapan?466 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padapan in?Bhavnagar district (Gadhada sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Padapan?79.0% (Census 2011)