# Padam Ghata Village, Shadhora, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shadhora, Ashoknagar 

# Padam Ghata

Padam Ghata is a village in Shadhora sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **558 people in 127 households**, the 49th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 558people (2011)
- 127households
- 79.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Padam Ghata PIN code and other codes

Padam Ghata falls in Shadhora sub-district, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshoknagar
- Census village code500564

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

## How far is Padam Ghata from nearby towns?

- Shadhora (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)25 km by road
- Ashoknagar (nearest town)25 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 Padam Ghata?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Padam Ghata; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raghogarh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Padam Ghata known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 61% of the 458 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Padam Ghata

Of every 100 households in Padam Ghata in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Padam Ghata · ■ Shadhora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****56%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Padam Ghata?

■ Padam Ghata · ■ Shadhora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**929

Working population ****48.9%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 70.0% for women. 54% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 186 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (8%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 63 (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 Shadhora

- Nag Fanni599 people
- Madhana Khiriya598 people
- Khejra Tas592 people
- Madi Namdar560 people
- Sirsi Nai Saray552 people
- Mohri Gyan531 people
- Semri Lohabad515 people
- Tonkali495 people

[All 108 villages in Shadhora](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ashoknagar/shadhora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Padam Ghata from Ashoknagar?25 km by road
- What is the population of Padam Ghata?558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padam Ghata in?Ashoknagar district (Shadhora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Padam Ghata?79.5% (Census 2011)