# Padima Chak Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Padima Chak

Padima Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,160 people in 272 households**, the 72nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,160people (2011)
- 272households
- 86.1%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padima Chak

Of every 100 households in Padima Chak in 2011, 46 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Padima Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Padima Chak?

■ Padima Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**942

Working population ****29.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 79.8% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (22%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 110 (32%) · **■** Marginal 133 (39%)

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

- Betberya1,249 people
- Kulia1,217 people
- Amir Chak1,201 people
- Nankar Banka Dangar1,193 people
- Kaji Chak1,159 people
- Payag1,152 people
- Manoharpur1,150 people
- Purbba Manika1,102 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padima Chak?1,160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padima Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padima Chak?86.1% (Census 2011)