# Patanda Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Patanda

Patanda is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,398 people in 309 households**, the 57th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,398people (2011)
- 309households
- 88.7%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patanda

Of every 100 households in Patanda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Patanda · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**21%

Tap water ****66%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Patanda?

■ Patanda · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1158**

**955

Working population ****38.4%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 82.5% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (15%) · **■** Household industry 32 (6%) · **■** Other work 173 (32%) · **■** Marginal 193 (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 Sahid Matangini

- Naya Basan1,473 people
- Sonapetya1,452 people
- Chandramer1,445 people
- Barhara Shankar1,444 people
- Ranichak1,394 people
- Udaychak1,387 people
- Khoskana1,369 people
- Hogla1,352 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patanda?1,398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patanda?88.7% (Census 2011)