About Tajpur Village

Tajpur is a mid sized village in Mathurapur I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 317 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743354, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tajpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Mathurapur I
Pincode	743354
Area (hectares)	33.31 hectares
Population	588
Male Population	317
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tajpur compares

By the 2011 count Tajpur is the 69th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,860 residents. Its 33.31 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Tajpur

Tajpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tajpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tajpur from other places

Tajpur lies about 6.2 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Madhabpur, about 2.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Tajpur
Nearest railway station	Madhabpur	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mathurapur I	6.2 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	6.2 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	8.2 km

Villages closest to Tajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mathurapur I tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Tajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tajpur village had a population of 588. That makes it the 69th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,860 residents.

Tajpur village has 317 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tajpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Tajpur is 743354. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tajpur covers 33.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Tajpur falls under Mathurapur I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Tajpur is Madhabpur, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Tajpur.

Tajpur is about 6.2 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tajpur is in Mathurapur I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about 2.2 km away. Mathurapur I is about 6.2 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.