Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Tapukur

Tapukur is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,248 people in 295 households, the 59th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.
- 1,248 people (2011)
- 295 households
- 86.9% literacy
- 990 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tapukur

Of every 100 households in Tapukur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tapukur · ■ Magrahat - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 45% 38%
- Toilet within the home 73% 48%
- No toilet (open defecation) 27% 50%
- Tap water 25% 29%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 11% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 91%
- Use banking services 82% 34%
- Television 67% 23%
- Mobile phone 71% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 35%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tapukur?

■ Tapukur · ■ Magrahat - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.9% 78.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 990 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 966 956
- Working population 34.8% 33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 80.9% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 15 (3%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 285 (66%) · ■ Marginal 38 (9%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Magrahat - II
- Belgachhia 1,396 people
- Paschim Kamar Pukuria 1,310 people
- Purbba Ramanathpur 1,296 people
- Bankadwar 1,259 people
- Azam Khali 1,178 people
- Chak Haranandapur 1,177 people
- Uttar Krishnapur 1,148 people
- Atparui 1,058 people

All 78 villages in Magrahat - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tapukur? 1,248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tapukur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tapukur? 86.9% (Census 2011)

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