# Bajitpur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Bajitpur

Bajitpur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,235 people in 498 households**, the 16th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 2,235people (2011)
- 498households
- 90.9%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajitpur

Of every 100 households in Bajitpur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bajitpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**20%

Tap water ****34%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**38%

Television ****47%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****85%**

**93%

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 Bajitpur?

■ Bajitpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**974

Working population ****33.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 86.8% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (6%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 416 (55%) · **■** Marginal 261 (35%)

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 Sutahata

- Durbbabere2,608 people
- Kashipur2,569 people
- Patharberia2,413 people
- Kesabpur2,268 people
- Golap Chak2,127 people
- Urddhabmal2,102 people
- Mohanpur2,081 people
- Parbbatipur1,931 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajitpur?2,235 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajitpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajitpur?90.9% (Census 2011)