# Bajitpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bajitpur

Bajitpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,311 people in 271 households**, the 80th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,311people (2011)
- 271households
- 41.3%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajitpur

Of every 100 households in Bajitpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bajitpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bajitpur?

■ Bajitpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.3%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**955

Working population ****42.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.1% for men and 39.5% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 168 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (47%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 111 (20%)

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 Itahar

- Bhelagachi1,370 people
- Dhamdhol1,361 people
- Khorna1,327 people
- Thilbil1,322 people
- Lalganj1,286 people
- Algram1,282 people
- Betor1,237 people
- Gopalnagar1,230 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajitpur?1,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajitpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajitpur?41.3% (Census 2011)