# Tajpur Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,240 people in 283 households**, the 74th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,240people (2011)
- 283households
- 72.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**49%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**37%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**965

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 66.1% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (46%) · **■** Household industry 38 (10%) · **■** Other work 92 (23%) · **■** Marginal 43 (11%)

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 Falta

- Barhay Batpur1,292 people
- Kodalia1,281 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,264 people
- Gazipur1,250 people
- Durbarat1,202 people
- Ahamadpur1,163 people
- Budhagram1,161 people
- Kaikhali1,115 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?1,240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?72.5% (Census 2011)