# Tarat Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tarat

Tarat is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,090 people in 215 households**, the 52nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,090people (2011)
- 215households
- 87.3%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarat

Of every 100 households in Tarat in 2011, 54 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****9%**

**30%

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 Tarat?

■ Tarat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1232**

**932

Working population ****44.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 80.6% for women. 67% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 21 (4%) · **■** Other work 147 (30%) · **■** Marginal 179 (37%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Brajalalpur1,144 people
- Pusha1,110 people
- Bala Bhadrapur1,101 people
- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Khari Gerya1,060 people
- Argara1,035 people
- Hajipur1,020 people
- Agarpara1,005 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarat?1,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarat in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarat?87.3% (Census 2011)