# Tarapur Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **723 people in 152 households**, the 43rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 723people (2011)
- 152households
- 79.7%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****13%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**979

Working population ****46.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 70.6% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (36%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 131 (39%)

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 Jhargram

- Darkuli734 people
- Benedi733 people
- Shuknakhali728 people
- Thakur Khan Kunduria725 people
- Pathra718 people
- Jitusol712 people
- Lohamelya700 people
- Chenchur-Gerya697 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?79.7% (Census 2011)