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Paduma observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Dubrajpur mandal is Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Paduma itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Paduma ranks #54 of 226 villages in Dubrajpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paduma is a village of 1,140 people in 251 households (Census 2011) in Dubrajpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 54th-largest of 226 villages in Dubrajpur block. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731123, served by Dubrajpur post office; the LGD village code is 318272. The sarpanch is saber mahammed, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 1,344 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Paduma →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paduma · this village | 1,140 | 54% | — |
| Khandagram · Dubrajpur | 3,295 | 59% | — |
| Ganra · Dubrajpur | 2,152 | 48% | — |
| Basahari · Dubrajpur | 1,709 | 63% | — |
| Sirsa · Dubrajpur | 1,565 | 43% | — |
| Shibrautara · Dubrajpur | 954 | 53% | — |
| Kalyanpur · Dubrajpur | 800 | 64% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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