# Kadma Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kadma

Kadma is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,525 people in 590 households**, the 15th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 2,525people (2011)
- 590households
- 66.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kadma

Of every 100 households in Kadma in 2011, 28 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kadma · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**94%

Use banking services ****10%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kadma?

■ Kadma · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**954

Working population ****42.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 60.6% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 376 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 528 (49%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (5%) · **■** Marginal 111 (10%)

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 Tapan

- Hazaratpur3,225 people
- Bhikahar3,070 people
- Tapan2,796 people
- Mamudpur2,658 people
- Nababnagar2,471 people
- Bishnupur2,425 people
- Muktarampur2,402 people
- Jaminishchinta2,246 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kadma?2,525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kadma in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kadma?66.5% (Census 2011)