# Tajpur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,672 people in 1,214 households**, the 4th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 5,672people (2011)
- 1,214households
- 89.7%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**4%

Tap water ****3%**

**14%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**33%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Tajpur?

■ Tajpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**953

Working population ****40.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 84.0% for women. 63% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 255 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 712 (31%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 360 (16%) · **■** Marginal 938 (41%)

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 Egra - II

- Dubda12,885 people
- Paniparul10,469 people
- Basudebpur9,129 people
- Khejurda5,265 people
- Erenda4,208 people
- Khagda4,149 people
- Uttar Daidpur4,133 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?5,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?89.7% (Census 2011)