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About Padampat Village

Padampat is a mid sized village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 296 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padampat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padampat village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721147
Area (hectares) 113.41 hectares
Population 562
Male Population 296
Female Population 266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padampat compares

By the 2011 count Padampat is the 195th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 113.41 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Padampat

Padampat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padampat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nimkol, Nurketu, Nurpur and Nutan Bajar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Padampat

As per the Census of India 2011, Padampat village had a population of 562. That makes it the 195th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Padampat village has 296 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padampat has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Padampat is 721147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padampat covers 113.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padampat falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Padampat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padampat.

Padampat is in Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Padampat today is likely to be higher.

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