Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Tarajpur

Tarajpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 344 people in 93 households, the 217th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 344 people (2011)
- 93 households
- 67.1% literacy
- 1,012 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarajpur

Of every 100 households in Tarajpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarajpur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 31%
- Toilet within the home 19% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 81% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 16% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 14% 26%
- Television 16% 16%
- Mobile phone 24% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 29% 33%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tarajpur?

■ Tarajpur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.1% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1012 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1467 954
- Working population 60.8% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 57.0% for women. 57% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 103 (49%) · ■ Farm labourers 59 (28%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 14 (7%) · ■ Marginal 32 (15%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Sikarpur 358 people
- Parbbatpur 352 people
- Chhayani Basudebpur 349 people
- Maildanga 348 people
- Sundarpur 338 people
- Fatullapur 337 people
- Naighati 320 people
- Ahera 317 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tarajpur? 344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarajpur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarajpur? 67.1% (Census 2011)

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