# Padumkhana, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Padumkhana

Padumkhana is a village in [Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,182 people in 260 households**, the 71st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,182people (2011)
- 260households
- 95.5%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padumkhana

Of every 100 households in Padumkhana in 2011, 62 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Padumkhana · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**17%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**39%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Padumkhana?

■ Padumkhana · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.5%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**940

Working population ****47.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 93.2% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (11%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (13%) · **■** Marginal 365 (65%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Dakshin Gumai1,264 people
- Thakur Chak1,242 people
- Chak Jiyadighi1,231 people
- Totabere1,215 people
- Betaldighi1,111 people
- Chak Baichabere1,104 people
- Pandabbasan1,098 people
- Bagmari1,096 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padumkhana?1,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padumkhana in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padumkhana?95.5% (Census 2011)