Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur
# Tupchibar

Tupchibar is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,011 people in 627 households, the 11th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.
- 3,011 people (2011)
- 627 households
- 81.3% literacy
- 931 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tupchibar

Of every 100 households in Tupchibar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tupchibar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 34%
- Toilet within the home 95% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 4% 5%
- Tap water 27% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 36% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 97%
- Use banking services 25% 36%
- Television 9% 12%
- Mobile phone 52% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 29% 21%
- Own their home 95% 97%

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

## What is the population of Tupchibar?

■ Tupchibar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.3% 86.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 931 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1092 943
- Working population 35.5% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 75.8% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 227 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 110 (10%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 263 (25%) · ■ Marginal 461 (43%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - II
- Mathura 3,860 people
- Satshatamal 3,565 people
- Sandalpur 3,079 people
- Pratap Dighi 3,046 people
- Gabardhanpur 2,843 people
- Jagati 2,802 people
- Bagmari 2,793 people
- Nonakourda 2,643 people

All 151 villages in Potashpur - II

## Other places named Tupchibar
- Tupchibar · Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur · 861 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tupchibar? 3,011 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tupchibar in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tupchibar? 81.3% (Census 2011)

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