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Padima Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Padima is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 444 families residing. The Padima village has population of 1879 of which 933 are males while 946 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Padima village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 9.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Padima village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Padima as per census is 1110, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Padima village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Padima village was 88.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Padima Male literacy stands at 94.83 % while female literacy rate was 83.04 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Padima 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 Padima village.

Padima Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 444 - -
Population 1,879 933 946
Child (0-6) 173 82 91
Schedule Caste 45 21 24
Schedule Tribe 66 34 32
Literacy 88.92 % 94.83 % 83.04 %
Total Workers 919 585 334
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 489 166 323

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.39 % of total population in Padima village.

Work Profile

In Padima village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 46.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 338 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.