# Tajpur Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tajpur

Tajpur is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **588 people in 135 households**, the 69th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 588people (2011)
- 135households
- 87.2%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tajpur

Of every 100 households in Tajpur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tajpur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**32%

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

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**18%

Television ****32%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**982

Working population ****37.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 82.1% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 100 (45%) · **■** Marginal 34 (15%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Uttar Madhusudanpur683 people
- Subuddhipur680 people
- Rajapur643 people
- Bhimnagar615 people
- Khonjkhidir570 people
- Bhagabatipur566 people
- Kaipukuria559 people
- Uttar Janardanpur524 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tajpur?588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tajpur?87.2% (Census 2011)