# Gazipur Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gazipur

Gazipur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 254 households**, the 51st largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 254households
- 87.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazipur

Of every 100 households in Gazipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gazipur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gazipur?

■ Gazipur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**925

Working population ****36.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 81.5% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 82 (18%) · **■** Marginal 358 (79%)

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 Chandipur

- Korkhali1,282 people
- Chintamanipur1,272 people
- Hinchi1,241 people
- Kayal Chak1,240 people
- Banka Boalia1,183 people
- Rampur Ist Part1,106 people
- Purusottampur1,102 people
- Uttar Barbari1,078 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gazipur?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazipur?87.3% (Census 2011)