# Tarka Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Tarka

Tarka is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,656 people in 262 households**, the 147th largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 1,656people (2011)
- 262households
- 71.5%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarka

Of every 100 households in Tarka in 2011, 12 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Tarka · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

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

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**79%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tarka?

■ Tarka · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1089**

**928

Working population ****31.8%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 56.6% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 103 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 206 (39%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 119 (23%) · **■** Marginal 90 (17%)

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 Mohammadabad

- Murtajipur1,673 people
- Bhala1,669 people
- Rajawali1,667 people
- Salempur1,659 people
- Khairabari1,640 people
- Haini1,635 people
- Shiwari Khas1,633 people
- Todar Pur1,630 people

[All 1,134 villages in Mohammadabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/mohammadabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarka?1,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarka in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tarka?71.5% (Census 2011)