# Tara Gav Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Tara Gav

Tara Gav is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,980 people in 409 households**, the 69th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 2,980people (2011)
- 409households
- 67.4%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tara Gav

Of every 100 households in Tara Gav in 2011, 20 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tara Gav · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**85%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****74%**

**73%

Television ****30%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

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 Tara Gav?

■ Tara Gav · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**889

Working population ****24.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 48.8% for women. 39% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 240 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (5%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 197 (27%) · **■** Marginal 255 (35%)

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 Handia

- Mishri3,069 people
- Avran3,050 people
- Bhogawara3,011 people
- Sarai Pitha2,988 people
- Bhui2,974 people
- Mardapur2,972 people
- Muhammadabad2,947 people
- Devali2,946 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tara Gav?2,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tara Gav in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tara Gav?67.4% (Census 2011)