# Tajpur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,616 people in 329 households**, the 25th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,616people (2011)
- 329households
- 93.0%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**5%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**91%

Use banking services ****65%**

**43%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Tajpur?

■ Tajpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**956

Working population ****41.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 89.0% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 488 (72%) · **■** Marginal 143 (21%)

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 Contai - I

- Rania1,707 people
- Tengunia1,669 people
- Samudrapur1,653 people
- Junbani1,637 people
- Raipur1,608 people
- Baguran Jalpai1,573 people
- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Pania1,497 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,616 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?93.0% (Census 2011)