# Gajipur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Gajipur

Gajipur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,413 people in 520 households**, the 34th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 2,413people (2011)
- 520households
- 84.5%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajipur

Of every 100 households in Gajipur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajipur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**52%

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

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****28%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gajipur?

■ Gajipur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**948

Working population ****32.7%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 78.4% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (42%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 328 (42%) · **■** Marginal 86 (11%)

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 Mahisadal

- Kanchanpur Jalpai2,890 people
- Kismatnai Kundi2,686 people
- Terapara Jalpai2,618 people
- Rangibasan2,570 people
- Ajra2,345 people
- Gopal Chak2,197 people
- Chandipur2,047 people
- Bholsara2,008 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajipur?2,413 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajipur?84.5% (Census 2011)