# Padima Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Padima

Padima is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 257 households**, the 41st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 257households
- 93.4%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padima

Of every 100 households in Padima in 2011, 73 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Padima · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**9%

Tap water ****8%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****80%**

**51%

Television ****35%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Padima?

■ Padima · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**929

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 89.5% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 259 (53%) · **■** Marginal 123 (25%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Hirapur1,514 people
- Shonpur1,508 people
- Alankarpur1,481 people
- Tengramari1,460 people
- Saiyadpur1,383 people
- Basantapur1,364 people
- Gangpura1,344 people
- Bagmari1,271 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padima?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padima in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padima?93.4% (Census 2011)