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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Hajipur

Hajipur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 216 households**, the 55th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 216households
- 94.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hajipur

Of every 100 households in Hajipur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hajipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**39%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****7%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**46%

Television ****28%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Hajipur?

■ Hajipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1152**

**932

Working population ****30.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 91.4% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 36 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (28%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 166 (54%)

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

- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Tarat1,090 people
- Khari Gerya1,060 people
- Argara1,035 people
- Agarpara1,005 people
- Naki Basan991 people
- Mamudpur970 people
- Hirasagar967 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 Hajipur?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hajipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hajipur?94.4% (Census 2011)