# Tajpur Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Manteswar, Barddhaman 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Manteswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,650 people in 375 households**, the 50th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,650people (2011)
- 375households
- 75.3%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Manteswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**26%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****60%**

**68%

Television ****18%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****85%**

**97%

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 Tajpur?

■ Tajpur · ■ Manteswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**968

Working population ****40.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 69.8% for women. 63% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (36%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (12%) · **■** Marginal 259 (39%)

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 Manteswar

- Nabagram1,758 people
- Barandala1,733 people
- Kaigram1,719 people
- Bhandarpur1,677 people
- Lohana1,617 people
- Patun1,542 people
- Mausa1,483 people
- Gopalnagar1,451 people

[All 144 villages in Manteswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Barddhaman district (Manteswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?75.3% (Census 2011)