# Padamkandi Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Padamkandi

Padamkandi is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,275 people in 603 households**, the 39th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 2,275people (2011)
- 603households
- 57.7%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padamkandi

Of every 100 households in Padamkandi in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Padamkandi · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****80%**

**53%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Padamkandi?

■ Padamkandi · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**960

Working population ****35.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 48.8% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (55%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 54 (7%) · **■** Marginal 170 (21%)

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 Khargram

- Budharapara2,578 people
- Ayra2,520 people
- Sahapara2,368 people
- Mandalpur2,347 people
- Punrapara2,234 people
- Chandsingbati2,193 people
- Isanpur2,189 people
- Diara2,164 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padamkandi?2,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padamkandi in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padamkandi?57.7% (Census 2011)