# Gajipur Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gajipur

Gajipur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **217 people in 48 households**, the 278th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 217people (2011)
- 48households
- 58.7%literacy
- 1,237females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajipur

Of every 100 households in Gajipur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajipur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gajipur?

■ Gajipur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1237**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2111**

**979

Working population ****37.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 54.5% for women. 71% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (96%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Jhargram

- Barabigha220 people
- Shalgura220 people
- Murgidihi219 people
- Tetuldanga218 people
- Pania Bhanga217 people
- Saralya216 people
- Dhekipura213 people
- Lodha Suli213 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajipur?217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajipur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajipur?58.7% (Census 2011)