# Uttar Padma Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Padma

Uttar Padma is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,037 people in 221 households**, the 56th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 221households
- 84.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Padma

Of every 100 households in Uttar Padma in 2011, 6 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Padma · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uttar Padma?

■ Uttar Padma · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**953

Working population ****39.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 76.3% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (52%) · **■** Household industry 107 (26%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Egra - II

- Keutgerya1,101 people
- Jinandapur1,077 people
- Dakshin Padma1,060 people
- Sarisha1,052 people
- Kismat Bathuari983 people
- Nayapara968 people
- Pharakpara966 people
- Ultabad938 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Padma?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Padma in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Padma?84.4% (Census 2011)