# Tarapur Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 103 households**, the 103rd largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 443people (2011)
- 103households
- 63.7%literacy
- 823females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**83%

Use banking services ****9%**

**42%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****823**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****629**

**947

Working population ****41.8%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 55.6% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 134 (72%)

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 Illambazar

- Kamalpur471 people
- Rangpur469 people
- Paschim Pratappur466 people
- Chella455 people
- Muragachhi434 people
- Chak Paran424 people
- Panch Tentula391 people
- Dakshin Ekdala364 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?63.7% (Census 2011)