# Bajitpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bajitpur

Bajitpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **982 people in 246 households**, the 79th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 982people (2011)
- 246households
- 73.4%literacy
- 808females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajitpur

Of every 100 households in Bajitpur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bajitpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****52%**

**26%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bajitpur?

■ Bajitpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****808**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**954

Working population ****60.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 64.1% for women. 58% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (13%) · **■** Household industry 120 (20%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 210 (35%)

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 Tapan

- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people
- Bhadrail1,049 people
- Rajeswarpur1,003 people
- Sarifabad985 people
- Sihur980 people
- Chak Prabhuram962 people
- Dakhalain962 people
- Badalpur960 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajitpur?982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajitpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajitpur?73.4% (Census 2011)