# Tarapur Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **924 people in 215 households**, the 56th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 924people (2011)
- 215households
- 70.1%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****82%**

**55%

Television ****21%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****60%**

**32%

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 · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****672**

**975

Working population ****41.8%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (13%) · **■** Marginal 124 (32%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Sandhigara1,003 people
- Mehedinagar994 people
- Dumra961 people
- Durakhi938 people
- Krishnanagar910 people
- Gadadharpur893 people
- Banaspur874 people
- Idrakpur850 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?924 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?70.1% (Census 2011)