# Tarapur Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,387 people in 273 households**, the 85th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,387people (2011)
- 273households
- 30.1%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Tarapur PIN code and other codes

Tarapur falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatShivanandpur
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224915

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tarapur from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)65 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)65 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tarapur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Tarapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Abadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salimar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tarapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 133 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****40%**

**15%

Television ****8%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**99%

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 Tarapur?

■ Tarapur · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****30.1%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**960

Working population ****34.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 36.9% for men and 22.5% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 272 (57%)

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 Barsoi

- Kota1,449 people
- Bhangarha1,441 people
- Daula1,415 people
- Pichra1,392 people
- Baikunthpur1,380 people
- Masanpur1,358 people
- Shiwanandpur1,349 people
- Mirzadpur1,348 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tarapur from Katihar?65 km by road
- What is the population of Tarapur?1,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?30.1% (Census 2011)