# Jaypur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jaypur

Jaypur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,928 people in 1,847 households**, the 1st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 7,928people (2011)
- 1,847households
- 70.4%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaypur

Of every 100 households in Jaypur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jaypur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**38%

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

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**70%

Tap water ****14%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**27%

Television ****27%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jaypur?

■ Jaypur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**936

Working population ****40.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 61.8% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 862 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 828 (26%) · **■** Household industry 214 (7%) · **■** Other work 857 (27%) · **■** Marginal 449 (14%)

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 Gangarampur

- Belbari7,216 people
- Narayanpur5,883 people
- Patan5,127 people
- Shukdebpur5,115 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaypur?7,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaypur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaypur?70.4% (Census 2011)