# Tarapur Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,611 people in 1,004 households**, the 2nd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 4,611people (2011)
- 1,004households
- 73.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**52%

Use banking services ****46%**

**36%

Television ****38%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**937

Working population ****33.4%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 63.6% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (3%) · **■** Household industry 27 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,032 (67%) · **■** Marginal 227 (15%)

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 Mejhia

- Mejhia5,308 people
- Shyamapur3,362 people
- Kustor3,278 people
- Jemua3,267 people
- Japamali3,132 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?4,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?73.7% (Census 2011)