# Brajapur Village, Ausgram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ausgram - I, Barddhaman 

# Brajapur

Brajapur is a village in Ausgram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,041 people in 225 households**, the 42nd largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,041people (2011)
- 225households
- 65.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brajapur

Of every 100 households in Brajapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Brajapur · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**86%

Use banking services ****96%**

**84%

Television ****31%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Brajapur?

■ Brajapur · ■ Ausgram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**977

Working population ****51.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 56.9% for women. 65% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (7%) · **■** Marginal 414 (77%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ausgram - I

- Beluti1,160 people
- Gobindapur Purbba1,132 people
- Asinda1,099 people
- Karanji1,060 people
- Purbba Tati906 people
- Bhatgonna882 people
- Bara Chatra784 people
- Bara783 people

[All 61 villages in Ausgram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ausgram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brajapur?1,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brajapur in?Barddhaman district (Ausgram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brajapur?65.1% (Census 2011)