# Terapekhya Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Terapekhya

Terapekhya is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,579 people in 382 households**, the 44th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,579people (2011)
- 382households
- 92.0%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Terapekhya

Of every 100 households in Terapekhya in 2011, 93 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Terapekhya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**6%

Tap water ****46%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**85%

Use banking services ****77%**

**42%

Television ****70%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

Own their home ****85%**

**94%

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 Terapekhya?

■ Terapekhya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**948

Working population ****33.4%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 89.1% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 403 (76%) · **■** Marginal 92 (17%)

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 Mahisadal

- Kapurda1,933 people
- Jhaupatra1,694 people
- Kamalpur1,686 people
- Jagannathpur1,680 people
- Malubasan1,507 people
- Tentul Berya1,502 people
- Bamanpur1,490 people
- Tajpur1,473 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Terapekhya?1,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Terapekhya in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Terapekhya?92.0% (Census 2011)