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About Padampur Village

Padampur is a mid sized village in Kolaghat tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 621, made up of 332 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Kolaghat
Pincode 721151
Area (hectares) 36.42 hectares
Population 621
Male Population 332
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Padampur compares

By the 2011 count Padampur is the 88th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 36.42 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Padampur

Padampur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Padampur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padampur from other places

Padampur lies about 42 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Uluberia, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Padampur
Nearest town Pujali 14 km
Nearest railway station Uluberia 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolaghat 27 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 42 km

Villages closest to Padampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kolaghat tehsil.

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 Padampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Padampur village had a population of 621. That makes it the 88th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Padampur village has 332 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padampur has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Padampur is 721151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padampur covers 36.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Padampur falls under Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Padampur is Uluberia, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Padampur.

Padampur is about 42 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padampur is in Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Pujali is about 14 km away. Uluberia is about 14 km away. Kolaghat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gajai (3.8 km), Nandai Gajan (3.8 km) and Baishnab Chak (4.0 km).

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

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