# Jaypur Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jaypur

Jaypur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,347 people in 328 households**, the 33rd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,347people (2011)
- 328households
- 85.2%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaypur

Of every 100 households in Jaypur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jaypur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**59%

Tap water ****44%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**97%

Use banking services ****83%**

**62%

Television ****23%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**963

Working population ****33.0%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 79.9% for women. 50% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 102 (23%) · **■** Marginal 315 (71%)

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 Dantan - I

- Solpota1,578 people
- Krishnapur1,541 people
- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Pundra1,385 people
- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people
- Maheshpur1,308 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaypur?1,347 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaypur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaypur?85.2% (Census 2011)