# Bajitpur Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Bajitpur

Bajitpur is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,611 people in 639 households**, the 16th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,611people (2011)
- 639households
- 54.9%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajitpur

Of every 100 households in Bajitpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bajitpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****35%**

**55%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Bajitpur?

■ Bajitpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**975

Working population ****43.9%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 48.0% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (26%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (3%) · **■** Marginal 527 (46%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Kot2,888 people
- Sonj2,875 people
- Goala2,712 people
- Madian2,626 people
- Dakshin Gram2,589 people
- Ghoshgram2,540 people
- Gazipur2,479 people
- Taloan2,409 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajitpur?2,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajitpur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajitpur?54.9% (Census 2011)