# Baijapur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Baijapur

Baijapur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 193 households**, the 76th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 936people (2011)
- 193households
- 84.9%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baijapur

Of every 100 households in Baijapur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baijapur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**9%

Tap water ****28%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****44%**

**35%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**30%

Own their home ****82%**

**94%

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 Baijapur?

■ Baijapur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****628**

**949

Working population ****40.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 73.2% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 140 (37%) · **■** Marginal 198 (53%)

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 Deshopran

- Khashafaua1,018 people
- Kurkraul1,005 people
- Haripur985 people
- Mahammadpur977 people
- Ghoraghata925 people
- Ghoshpur921 people
- Shunia908 people
- Umapati Bar904 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baijapur?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baijapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baijapur?84.9% (Census 2011)