# Podima Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Podima

Podima is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,122 people in 268 households**, the 49th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,122people (2011)
- 268households
- 88.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Podima

Of every 100 households in Podima in 2011, 97 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Podima · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****93%**

**60%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

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 Podima?

■ Podima · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**942

Working population ****52.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 81.0% for women. 61% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 48 (8%) · **■** Marginal 412 (70%)

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 Pingla

- Ghoramara1,259 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Madhya Bar1,247 people
- Gokul Chak1,153 people
- Belar1,152 people
- Baliswarpur1,102 people
- Belun1,099 people
- Tentul Muri1,091 people
- Uttar Bar1,069 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Podima?1,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Podima in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Podima?88.2% (Census 2011)