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- LGD code
- 5653
- Pincode
- 181122
- Post office
- Bhalwal
- Population
- 216
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 120
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Srinagar
- 110 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 547 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dugga · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- District Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Padmi compares
By population, Padmi ranks #30 of 34 villages in Bhalwal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−12.8% vs mandal average
- Padmi
- 55.1%
- Bhalwal mandal
- 67.9%
- Jammu district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
+117 vs mandal average
- Padmi
- 982
- Bhalwal mandal
- 865
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Padmi
- 4.4
- Bhalwal mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padmi at a glance
Padmi is a village of 216 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Bhalwal tehsil, Jammu district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 30th-largest of 34 villages in Bhalwal tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Jammu district centre, 15 km from Dugga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 181122, served by Bhalwal post office; the LGD village code is 5653. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Baldev Raj Sharma. The population is estimated at 255 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Padmi
- LGD code
- 5653
- Pincode
- 181122
- Post office
- Bhalwal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 255
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 33.09029°N, 74.82162°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jammu
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
- Member of Parliament
- Jugal Kishore Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Baldev Raj Sharma
- Block / Mandal
- Bhalwal
Getting there
How to reach Padmi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Srinagar110 kmcapital
- Delhi547 km
- Mumbai1570 km
- Kolkata1769 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDugga15 km
- Bus stopAaradh kuwari TCP15 km
- Hospital / PHCDistrict Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India ATM40 km
- Petrol pumpH P16 km
- CollegeGovt Gandhi Memorial Science College41 km
- Police stationPolice Post Bhambla23 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Padmi
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- 🏫Primary SchoolSchool3.2 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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