# Padampur Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Padampur

Padampur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,428 people in 437 households**, the 28th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,428people (2011)
- 437households
- 89.4%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padampur

Of every 100 households in Padampur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Padampur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**45%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Padampur?

■ Padampur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**972

Working population ****36.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 86.9% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (19%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 371 (42%) · **■** Marginal 322 (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 Tamluk

- Dhamtori2,644 people
- Mamudpur2,585 people
- Mirjapur2,561 people
- Kismatputputa2,506 people
- Chaksiruradha2,329 people
- Chapbasan2,318 people
- Ganapatinagar2,309 people
- Jay Krishnapur2,281 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padampur?2,428 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padampur?89.4% (Census 2011)