# Mirjapur Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Mirjapur

Mirjapur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,561 people in 544 households**, the 26th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,561people (2011)
- 544households
- 85.5%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mirjapur

Of every 100 households in Mirjapur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mirjapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**45%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Mirjapur?

■ Mirjapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**972

Working population ****40.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 78.8% for women. 62% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 300 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (11%) · **■** Household industry 132 (13%) · **■** Other work 400 (39%) · **■** Marginal 92 (9%)

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 Tamluk

- Nimtori2,810 people
- Jashdumbur2,687 people
- Dhamtori2,644 people
- Mamudpur2,585 people
- Kismatputputa2,506 people
- Padampur2,428 people
- Chaksiruradha2,329 people
- Chapbasan2,318 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mirjapur?2,561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mirjapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mirjapur?85.5% (Census 2011)