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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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- LGD code
- 516839
- Pincode
- 388180
- Post office
- Tarapur (Anand)
- Population
- 1,766
- Households
- 305
- Literacy rate
- 78.6%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 764
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 103 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 118 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 353 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padra · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arogyam Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Padra compares
By population, Padra ranks #18 of 42 villages in Tarapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.6%
+7.9% vs mandal average
- Padra
- 78.6%
- Tarapur mandal
- 70.7%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+35 vs mandal average
- Padra
- 958
- Tarapur mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Padra
- 5.8
- Tarapur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padra at a glance
Padra is a village of 1,766 people in 305 households (Census 2011) in Tarapur taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 18th-largest of 42 villages in Tarapur taluka. Literacy is 79%, 8 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Anand district centre, 23 km from Vasad, the nearest town, under 1 km from Padra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388180, served by Tarapur (Anand) post office; the LGD village code is 516839. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The village votes in Sanand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel. The population is estimated at 2,082 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAMBHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 51
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PADRA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,070.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 560.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Padra
- LGD code
- 516839
- Pincode
- 388180
- Post office
- Tarapur (Anand)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,766
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,082
- Households
- 305
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 78.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.24122°N, 73.08553°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanand
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Tarapur
- Nearest PHC
- Arogyam Clinic (0.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Padra (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Padra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar118 kmcapital
- Mumbai353 km
- Hyderabad781 km
- Delhi821 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadra<1 km
- Bus stopVadodara New Bus Station13 km
- Hospital / PHCArogyam Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank9 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump7 km
- CollegeNavrachana University7 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station13 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Padraunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Arogyam Clinicunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Padra
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Pataliya Hanuman MandirTemple<1 km ↗
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View all 41+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)