# Tarapur Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,758 people in 1,026 households**, the 10th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 3,758people (2011)
- 1,026households
- 83.2%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**22%

Tap water ****25%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**67%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tarapur?

■ Tarapur · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**939

Working population ****34.8%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 80.2% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 492 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 237 (18%) · **■** Household industry 56 (4%) · **■** Other work 144 (11%) · **■** Marginal 379 (29%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Krishnapur Chak4,493 people
- Radhakantapur3,818 people
- Durgapur3,785 people
- Byaspur3,759 people
- Gazipur3,517 people
- Bera Kamgachhi3,268 people
- Nandighat3,070 people
- Baharpur3,043 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?3,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?83.2% (Census 2011)