# Padmapur Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Padmapur

Padmapur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,971 people in 490 households**, the 44th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,971people (2011)
- 490households
- 77.2%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Padmapur

Of every 100 households in Padmapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Padmapur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****53%**

**37%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Padmapur?

■ Padmapur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**965

Working population ****37.3%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 70.4% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (9%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 455 (62%) · **■** Marginal 164 (22%)

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 Falta

- Kalagachhia2,096 people
- Purba Durgapur2,073 people
- Jamira2,067 people
- Paikan2,007 people
- Satal1,971 people
- Bhagabanpur1,968 people
- Kalsa1,959 people
- Narayani1,933 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Padmapur?1,971 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padmapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Padmapur?77.2% (Census 2011)