# Tajpur Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 95 households**, the 96th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 442people (2011)
- 95households
- 72.6%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**28%

Television ****7%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**960

Working population ****36.2%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 62.8% for women. 65% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (42%) · **■** Other work 68 (42%) · **■** Marginal 15 (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 Mandirbazar

- Maukhali491 people
- Kalikapur470 people
- Ramnarayanpur453 people
- Purba Sankarpur442 people
- Raghudebpurbeluni422 people
- Banamalipur367 people
- Alemaheshpur349 people
- Badeballabhpur329 people

[All 110 villages in Mandirbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mandirbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?72.6% (Census 2011)