# Padampur Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Padampur

Padampur is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **621 people in 127 households**, the 91st largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 621people (2011)
- 127households
- 83.5%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padampur

Of every 100 households in Padampur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Padampur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****26%**

**44%

Television ****32%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Padampur?

■ Padampur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1241**

**942

Working population ****34.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 77.5% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 110 (52%) · **■** Marginal 76 (36%)

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 Kolaghat

- Gobardhanpur736 people
- Parulia728 people
- Mecheda673 people
- Kaya Ayama Chak663 people
- Ram Nagar620 people
- Babua605 people
- Chak Gopal576 people
- Uttar Sagarbar543 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padampur?621 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padampur?83.5% (Census 2011)