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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tapinda

Tapinda is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,346 people in 321 households**, the 35th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,346people (2011)
- 321households
- 93.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tapinda

Of every 100 households in Tapinda in 2011, 39 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tapinda · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tapinda?

■ Tapinda · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**932

Working population ****43.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 88.4% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (9%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (4%) · **■** Marginal 488 (83%)

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

- Amgechhe1,676 people
- Narpada1,600 people
- Chandpur1,392 people
- Gopalsingpur1,346 people
- Pal Para Bheri1,327 people
- Paharpur1,316 people
- Ambi1,306 people
- Kalma Ghat1,290 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 Tapinda?1,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tapinda in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tapinda?93.6% (Census 2011)