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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ALPANA PAUL DAS
Contact: 77****6505
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- LGD code
- 342687
- Pincode
- 721131
- Post office
- Hour
- Population
- 1,122
- Households
- 268
- Literacy rate
- 78.3%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 585
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 78 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1105 km
- Nearest railway station
- Haur · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Medicure Nursing Home · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Podima compares
By population, Podima ranks #49 of 182 villages in Pingla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.3%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Podima
- 78.3%
- Pingla mandal
- 73.8%
- Paschim Medinipur district
- 69.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
−23 vs mandal average
- Podima
- 925
- Pingla mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Podima
- 4.2
- Pingla mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podima at a glance
Podima is a village of 1,122 people in 268 households (Census 2011) in Pingla block, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, the 49th-largest of 182 villages in Pingla block. Literacy is 78%, 5 points above the block average of 74% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Paschim Medinipur district centre, 15 km from Sabang, the nearest town, 8 km from Haur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721131, served by Hour post office; the LGD village code is 342687. The nearest hospital or health centre is Medicure Nursing Home, 7 km away. The sarpanch is ALPANA PAUL DAS, and the village votes in Pingla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swagata Manna. The population is estimated at 1,255 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gobordhanpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podima · this village | 1,122 | 78% | — |
| Banamali Bar · Pingla | 0 | — | 0.8 km N |
| Naratha · Pingla | 1,284 | 84% | 1.8 km S |
| Lakshmi Pari · Pingla | 1,856 | 82% | 2 km S |
| Nanda Bar · Pingla | 722 | 81% | 1.9 km E |
| Harma · Pingla | 1,275 | 72% | 2.3 km N |
| Siti Binda · Pingla | 843 | 80% | 2.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Podima
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 90.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Podima
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Podima
- LGD code
- 342687
- Pincode
- 721131
- Post office
- Hour
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,122
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,255
- Households
- 268
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 78.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.29364°N, 87.67255°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ghatal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pingla
- Member of Parliament
- Deepak Adhikari
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swagata Manna
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ALPANA PAUL DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Pingla
Getting there
How to reach Podima
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata78 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1105 km
- Delhi1263 km
- Chennai1289 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHaur8 km
- Bus stopBalichak14 km
- Hospital / PHCMedicure Nursing Home7 km
- ATM / bankUnited Bank of India28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil16 km
- CollegeMahishadal Raj College34 km
- Police stationKharagpur Local Police Station35 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721131
Villages near Podima
Other villages in Pingla mandal
View all 60+ →- Maligram
- Jalchak
- Kshirai
- Pingla
- Dangalsa
- Pindrui
- Naya
- Beluria
- Gobardhanpur
- Naranga Dighi
- Jamna
- Barisha
- Karkai
- Ragpur
- Tungur
- Kalika Kundu
- Sut Chhara
- Jan Hat
- Mirupur
- Chhota Khelna
- Paschim Chak
- Handal
- Khirinda
- Saharda
- Keleyara
- Sahara
- Chandipur
- Lakshmi Pari
- Dhaneshwarpur Paschim Bar
- Kusumda
- Bara Khelna
- Darra
- Nungodar
- Abdulla
- Chak Chandi
- Dangra
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)