# Tarakpur Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Tarakpur

Tarakpur is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,584 people in 1,786 households**, the 8th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 7,584people (2011)
- 1,786households
- 74.1%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarakpur

Of every 100 households in Tarakpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tarakpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**55%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**52%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**33%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Tarakpur?

■ Tarakpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1004**

**972

Working population ****33.8%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 72.1% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 517 (20%) · **■** Household industry 49 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,177 (46%) · **■** Marginal 640 (25%)

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 Berhampore

- Bairgachhi8,148 people
- Hati Nagar8,057 people
- Selamatpur8,032 people
- Andar Manik7,938 people
- Sahajadpur7,299 people
- Janmahammadpur6,679 people
- Dadpur6,300 people
- Moktarpur5,881 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarakpur?7,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarakpur in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarakpur?74.1% (Census 2011)