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

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajnagar

Tajnagar is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,813 people in 413 households**, the 26th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,813people (2011)
- 413households
- 88.6%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajnagar

Of every 100 households in Tajnagar in 2011, 63 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tajnagar · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**20%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**38%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tajnagar?

■ Tajnagar · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**974

Working population ****37.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 83.3% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (10%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 174 (26%) · **■** Marginal 400 (59%)

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

- Akubpur1,917 people
- Shridharpur1,890 people
- Gopalpur1,841 people
- Dundipur1,823 people
- Bijayrampur1,727 people
- Babupur1,676 people
- Ashadtalia1,656 people
- Uttar Ranichak1,604 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajnagar?1,813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajnagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajnagar?88.6% (Census 2011)