# Tarapur Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tarapur

Tarapur is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,835 people in 327 households**, the 51st largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,835people (2011)
- 327households
- 26.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarapur

Of every 100 households in Tarapur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarapur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**31%

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 Tarapur?

■ Tarapur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.5%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**958

Working population ****31.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 29.1% for men and 23.9% for women. 39% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (58%) · **■** Household industry 48 (8%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 135 (24%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Ladhi1,938 people
- Bara Shikarpur1,892 people
- Purbba Kamarshal1,855 people
- Chathol1,843 people
- Gerua1,818 people
- Baragaon1,816 people
- Andharia1,788 people
- Sagarpur1,786 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarapur?1,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarapur?26.5% (Census 2011)