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

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,847 people in 386 households**, the 34th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,847people (2011)
- 386households
- 92.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****55%**

**31%

Television ****24%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.5%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**922

Working population ****44.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 89.6% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 127 (15%) · **■** Marginal 598 (73%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Hosenpur2,096 people
- Priya Nagar2,008 people
- Purushottampur1,979 people
- Jadu Bari Chak1,872 people
- Tara Chand Bar1,846 people
- Jambari1,828 people
- Jalpai Part V1,809 people
- Habibpur1,772 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?92.5% (Census 2011)