# Bajpur Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bajpur

Bajpur is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **283 people in 70 households**, the 146th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 283people (2011)
- 70households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajpur

Of every 100 households in Bajpur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bajpur · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**60%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bajpur?

■ Bajpur · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**942

Working population ****50.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 61.2% for women. 66% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (15%) · **■** Marginal 22 (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 Pingla

- Kunjapur299 people
- Salmara295 people
- Saugere294 people
- Balarampur290 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paikan Dakshinbar270 people
- Kanta Chauki269 people
- Amad Chak263 people
- Dani Chak259 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajpur?283 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajpur?67.5% (Census 2011)