# Padamkuri Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Padamkuri

Padamkuri is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 143 households**, the 119th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 637people (2011)
- 143households
- 53.3%literacy
- 815females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padamkuri

Of every 100 households in Padamkuri in 2011, 6 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Padamkuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Padamkuri?

■ Padamkuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****815**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**955

Working population ****46.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 42.9% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 93 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (38%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 83 (28%)

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 Kushmundi

- Shiala641 people
- Hansrail640 people
- Kakair639 people
- Shrirampur639 people
- Chandpur630 people
- Narayanpur628 people
- Nurpur618 people
- Raypur612 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padamkuri?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padamkuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padamkuri?53.3% (Census 2011)