# Tara Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Tara

Tara is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **952 people in 240 households**, the 65th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 952people (2011)
- 240households
- 74.7%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tara

Of every 100 households in Tara in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****12%**

**50%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**21%

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 Tara?

■ Tara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**937

Working population ****50.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 59.6% for women. 57% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 438 (92%)

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 Kashipur

- Dhatla974 people
- Jorisha974 people
- Shiulibari970 people
- Gamarkunri969 people
- Rangunigora947 people
- Shalaya946 people
- Jagannathdi945 people
- Kadori939 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tara?952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tara in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tara?74.7% (Census 2011)