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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Mirjapur

Mirjapur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,258 people in 301 households**, the 42nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,258people (2011)
- 301households
- 73.2%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mirjapur

Of every 100 households in Mirjapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mirjapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****43%**

**46%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mirjapur?

■ Mirjapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**86.3%

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

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**932

Working population ****42.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 62.4% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (28%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 85 (16%) · **■** Marginal 89 (17%)

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

- Ambi1,306 people
- Kalma Ghat1,290 people
- Sanya1,279 people
- Dhokra Banka1,272 people
- Khidirpur1,236 people
- Bara Bhagia1,211 people
- Ektarpur1,184 people
- Golara Bheri1,147 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 Mirjapur?1,258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mirjapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mirjapur?73.2% (Census 2011)