# Tara Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Tara

Tara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **984 people in 193 households**, the 56th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 984people (2011)
- 193households
- 61.6%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tara

Of every 100 households in Tara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**84%

Use banking services ****45%**

**44%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

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 · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1236**

**934

Working population ****43.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 44.7% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 377 (88%)

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 Purulia - I

- Gondhudi1,030 people
- Dumarsol1,027 people
- Shyamdasdi Alias Shyampur1,024 people
- Raybandh1,020 people
- Patatiri946 people
- Maldi885 people
- Purru873 people
- Bhuinadi871 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tara?984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tara?61.6% (Census 2011)