Patmadi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Patmadi is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 175 families residing. The Patmadi village has population of 841 of which 428 are males while 413 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patmadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 15.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patmadi village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Patmadi as per census is 750, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Patmadi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Patmadi village was 58.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Patmadi Male literacy stands at 72.16 % while female literacy rate was 44.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Patmadi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Patmadi village.

Patmadi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	175	-	-
Population	841	428	413
Child (0-6)	133	76	57
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	582	295	287
Literacy	58.33 %	72.16 %	44.66 %
Total Workers	239	206	33
Main Worker	151	-	-
Marginal Worker	88	66	22

Caste Factor

In Patmadi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.20 % of total population in Patmadi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Patmadi village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Patmadi village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 63.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.