# Kotpada Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kotpada

Kotpada is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 254 households**, the 52nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 254households
- 74.2%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotpada

Of every 100 households in Kotpada in 2011, 40 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotpada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**62%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kotpada?

■ Kotpada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**963

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 64.9% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (42%) · **■** Other work 33 (9%) · **■** Marginal 134 (37%)

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 Dantan - I

- Baharda1,130 people
- Haripura1,122 people
- Bejda1,107 people
- Belmula1,101 people
- Pantunia1,091 people
- Satsanda1,091 people
- Singda1,091 people
- Urisal1,078 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotpada?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotpada in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotpada?74.2% (Census 2011)