# Bajitpur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bajitpur

Bajitpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **371 people in 97 households**, the 120th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 371people (2011)
- 97households
- 95.5%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajitpur

Of every 100 households in Bajitpur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bajitpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****83%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bajitpur?

■ Bajitpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.5%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****565**

**932

Working population ****45.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.4% for men and 91.0% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 109 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 43 (26%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Danrai449 people
- Madhabasan443 people
- Mirjapur420 people
- Haridaspur408 people
- Sholpeta363 people
- Chakdebi354 people
- Kallubar343 people
- Gobardhanpur327 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajitpur?371 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajitpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajitpur?95.5% (Census 2011)