Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Tupchibar

Tupchibar is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 861 people in 188 households, the 65th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 861 people (2011)
- 188 households
- 83.0% literacy
- 888 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tupchibar

Of every 100 households in Tupchibar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tupchibar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 39%
- Toilet within the home 96% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 4% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 35% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 95%
- Use banking services 48% 46%
- Television 11% 12%
- Mobile phone 48% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 9% 30%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tupchibar?

■ Tupchibar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.0% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 888 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 860 932
- Working population 34.5% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 123 (41%) · ■ Farm labourers 107 (36%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 17 (6%) · ■ Marginal 48 (16%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Dulalpur 907 people
- Dakshin Jali Bheri 892 people
- Baruipur 888 people
- Banamali Chak 871 people
- Chisti Pur Bheri 856 people
- Sahapur 852 people
- Dangar Tulshi 823 people
- Satbahini 804 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Other places named Tupchibar
- Tupchibar · Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur · 3,011 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tupchibar? 861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tupchibar in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tupchibar? 83.0% (Census 2011)

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