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

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Gajipur

Gajipur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,220 people in 269 households**, the 40th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,220people (2011)
- 269households
- 82.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajipur

Of every 100 households in Gajipur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajipur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****57%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**29%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gajipur?

■ Gajipur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**974

Working population ****33.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 76.6% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (16%) · **■** Household industry 47 (11%) · **■** Other work 100 (24%) · **■** Marginal 189 (46%)

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

- Khariberia1,398 people
- Gora Doro1,377 people
- Ramchandrapur1,349 people
- Baishnab Chak1,285 people
- Tajpur1,191 people
- Agadoro1,187 people
- Anantapur1,179 people
- Khanpur1,176 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajipur?1,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajipur?82.2% (Census 2011)