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

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,473 people in 344 households**, the 48th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,473people (2011)
- 344households
- 94.0%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**6%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**42%

Television ****21%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Tajpur?

■ Tajpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****709**

**948

Working population ****34.2%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 89.5% for women. 52% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Household industry 39 (8%) · **■** Other work 109 (22%) · **■** Marginal 329 (65%)

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

- Terapekhya1,579 people
- Malubasan1,507 people
- Tentul Berya1,502 people
- Bamanpur1,490 people
- Hirarampur1,355 people
- Uttar Kasim Nagar1,319 people
- Deulpota1,317 people
- Dwari Berya Chak1,303 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?94.0% (Census 2011)