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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Mirjapur

Mirjapur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,336 people in 280 households**, the 36th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,336people (2011)
- 280households
- 62.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mirjapur

Of every 100 households in Mirjapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mirjapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

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 Mirjapur?

■ Mirjapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**963

Working population ****38.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 52.1% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (9%) · **■** Household industry 57 (11%) · **■** Other work 240 (46%) · **■** Marginal 76 (15%)

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

- Pundra1,385 people
- Jaypur1,347 people
- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Maheshpur1,308 people
- Bhikubar1,276 people
- Palsandapur1,252 people
- Sarata1,223 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 Mirjapur?1,336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mirjapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mirjapur?62.8% (Census 2011)