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

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,191 people in 234 households**, the 41st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,191people (2011)
- 234households
- 58.9%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**49%

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

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tajpur?

■ Tajpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1253**

**974

Working population ****35.3%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 54.6% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 237 (56%) · **■** Household industry 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 41 (10%) · **■** Marginal 87 (21%)

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

- Gora Doro1,377 people
- Ramchandrapur1,349 people
- Baishnab Chak1,285 people
- Gajipur1,220 people
- Agadoro1,187 people
- Anantapur1,179 people
- Khanpur1,176 people
- Sahapur1,172 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?58.9% (Census 2011)