# Padua Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Padua

Padua is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **280 people in 63 households**, the 120th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 280people (2011)
- 63households
- 85.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padua

Of every 100 households in Padua in 2011, 73 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Padua · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**80%

Use banking services ****13%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**99%

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 Padua?

■ Padua · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**964

Working population ****29.3%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 79.8% for women. 55% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (45%) · **■** Other work 27 (33%) · **■** Marginal 6 (7%)

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 Indus

- Arapur364 people
- Ganga Bati324 people
- Manoharpur324 people
- Pratapmath284 people
- Patan279 people
- Kenjera278 people
- Bhurbandi271 people
- Thakurani Dighi262 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padua?280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padua in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padua?85.2% (Census 2011)