Jaipur is a Block situated in Puruliya district in West Bengal. Placed in urban part of West Bengal, it is one among the 20 blocks of Puruliya district. As per the administration register, the block number of Jaipur is 225. The block has 113 villages and there are total 24257 homes in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Jaipur's population is 133349. Out of this, 68977 are males while the females count 64372 here. This block has 21079 kids in the age group of 0-6 years. Among them 10901 are boys and 10178 are girls.
Literacy rate in Jaipur block is 48%. 65044 out of total 133349 population is educated here. In males the literacy rate is 60% as 41848 males out of total 68977 are educated while female literacy rate is 36% as 23196 out of total 64372 females are literate in this Block.
The dark portion is that illiteracy rate of Jaipur block is shockingly high -- 51%. Here 68305 out of total 133349 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 39% as 27129 males out of total 68977 are illiterate. In females the illiteracy rate is 63% and 41176 out of total 64372 females are illiterate in this block.
The count of working individual of Jaipur block is 51675 still 81674 are non-working. And out of 51675 working individual 9882 peoples are fully dependent on agriculture.