# Padmapukuria Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Padmapukuria

Padmapukuria is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,431 people in 459 households**, the 33rd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,431people (2011)
- 459households
- 75.6%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padmapukuria

Of every 100 households in Padmapukuria in 2011, 33 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Padmapukuria · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**14%

Tap water ****10%**

**10%

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

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**29%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**44%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Padmapukuria?

■ Padmapukuria · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**961

Working population ****33.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 71.9% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 224 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (21%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 53 (7%) · **■** Marginal 340 (42%)

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 Minakhan

- Amadpur2,528 people
- Muchikhola2,522 people
- Sankardaha2,487 people
- Chanpali2,434 people
- Tentultala2,418 people
- Niruli Abad2,372 people
- Uttar Akratala2,368 people
- Goaldaha2,345 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padmapukuria?2,431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padmapukuria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padmapukuria?75.6% (Census 2011)