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About Tarapur Grant Village

Tarapur Grant is a large village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,639, made up of 1,327 males and 1,312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445 hectares hectares.

Tarapur Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 445 hectares
Population 2,639
Male Population 1,327
Female Population 1,312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tarapur Grant compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur Grant is the 57th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 445 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Tarapur Grant

Tarapur Grant is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tarapur Grant as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tarapur Grant from other places

Tarapur Grant lies about 24 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Shribar, about 23 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Tarapur Grant
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 21 km
Nearest railway station Shribar 23 km
District headquarters Cachar 24 km
Nearest town Silchar 26 km

Villages closest to Tarapur Grant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhipur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Tarapur Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarapur Grant village had a population of 2,639. That makes it the 57th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Tarapur Grant village has 1,327 males and 1,312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur Grant has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Tarapur Grant covers 445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarapur Grant falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur Grant is Shribar, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Tarapur Grant.

Tarapur Grant is about 24 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur Grant is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Lakhipur is about 21 km away. Shribar is about 23 km away. Cachar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tarangapur (under 2 km), Uzan Tarapur (under 2 km) and Dharai (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tarapur Grant today is likely to be higher.

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