# Tarapur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **815 people in 116 households**, the 308th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 815people (2011)
- 116households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,258females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**85%

Tap water ****30%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****91%**

**84%

Television ****16%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tarapur?

■ Tarapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1258**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**924

Working population ****46.0%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 57.2% for women. 44% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 36 (10%) · **■** Marginal 221 (59%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Adhakacha839 people
- Ghuripur834 people
- Nevaraha832 people
- Taspur819 people
- Sarvemau811 people
- Jagadishpur Ta.Kunwarpur802 people
- Dompur Khas798 people
- Dih Garawar797 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?815 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?70.6% (Census 2011)