# Patna Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Patna

Patna is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **699 people in 161 households**, the 88th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 699people (2011)
- 161households
- 90.7%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patna

Of every 100 households in Patna in 2011, 1 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Patna · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****55%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**21%

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 Patna?

■ Patna · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**943

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 65% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (16%) · **■** Household industry 12 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (14%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Potashpur - II

- Ramchandrapur714 people
- Rannagarpur709 people
- Khatuabar706 people
- Erabar704 people
- Dakshin Burijor685 people
- Batia664 people
- Haripur653 people
- Buran652 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patna?699 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patna in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patna?90.7% (Census 2011)