# Tap Protappur Village, Kaliachak - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - II, Maldah 

# Tap Protappur

Tap Protappur is a village in Kaliachak - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,558 people in 1,591 households**, the 9th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 7,558people (2011)
- 1,591households
- 67.7%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tap Protappur

Of every 100 households in Tap Protappur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tap Protappur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**71%

Tap water ****3%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**76%

Use banking services ****45%**

**32%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tap Protappur?

■ Tap Protappur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****41.5%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 66.2% for women. 51% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 278 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 336 (11%) · **■** Household industry 331 (11%) · **■** Other work 775 (25%) · **■** Marginal 1,414 (45%)

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 Kaliachak - II

- Mathabari9,884 people
- Nayagram8,109 people
- Hamidpur7,954 people
- Mabarakpur7,680 people
- Purbba Hosenabad7,460 people
- Sadipur7,048 people
- Gangaprasad7,037 people
- Dakshin Debipur6,334 people

[All 65 villages in Kaliachak - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tap Protappur?7,558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tap Protappur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tap Protappur?67.7% (Census 2011)