# Taherpur Village, Singur, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Singur, Hugli 

# Taherpur

Taherpur is a village in Singur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,625 people in 376 households**, the 47th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.4%.

- 1,625people (2011)
- 376households
- 73.8%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taherpur

Of every 100 households in Taherpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Taherpur · ■ Singur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**27%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**74%

Use banking services ****40%**

**58%

Television ****36%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Taherpur?

■ Taherpur · ■ Singur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**83.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**950

Working population ****45.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 67.9% for women. 67% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (19%) · **■** Household industry 58 (8%) · **■** Other work 210 (29%) · **■** Marginal 162 (22%)

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 Singur

- Mostafapur1,819 people
- Chak.Gobinda1,791 people
- Ajabnagar1,777 people
- Milki1,691 people
- Payraura1,591 people
- Sinher Bheri1,563 people
- Rasulpur1,540 people
- Rajar Bathan1,538 people

[All 100 villages in Singur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/singur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taherpur?1,625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taherpur in?Hugli district (Singur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taherpur?73.8% (Census 2011)