# Podda Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Podda

Podda is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,273 people in 339 households**, the 77th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,273people (2011)
- 339households
- 69.5%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Podda

Of every 100 households in Podda in 2011, 34 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Podda · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**27%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Podda?

■ Podda · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**960

Working population ****32.4%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 59.1% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (19%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 33 (8%) · **■** Marginal 90 (22%)

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

- Dakshin Raypur1,381 people
- Atgharia1,332 people
- Dangapara1,303 people
- Goai1,293 people
- Kandra1,258 people
- Churigram1,238 people
- Sundarpur1,235 people
- Nonadanga1,225 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Podda?1,273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Podda in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Podda?69.5% (Census 2011)