# Tarapur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,376 people in 352 households**, the 55th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,376people (2011)
- 352households
- 70.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****718**

**944

Working population ****32.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 68.8% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (35%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (11%) · **■** Marginal 137 (31%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Bakipur1,489 people
- Bamua1,449 people
- Shaktihar1,410 people
- Kusmai1,384 people
- Pirozabad1,352 people
- Gagra1,337 people
- Daibhata1,184 people
- Harian1,174 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?1,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?70.5% (Census 2011)