About Tarapur Village

Tarapur is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,811, made up of 1,403 males and 1,408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	608.56 hectares
Population	2,811
Male Population	1,403
Female Population	1,408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarapur compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur is the 14th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 608.56 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Tarapur

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

How far is Tarapur from other places

Tarapur lies about 25 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 11 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
Nearest railway station	Amagura	11 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	25 km
District headquarters	Bastar	25 km

Villages closest to Tarapur

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

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Common questions about Tarapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarapur village had a population of 2,811. That makes it the 14th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Tarapur village has 1,403 males and 1,408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Tarapur is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarapur covers 608.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarapur falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur is Amagura, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Tarapur is about 25 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 11 km away. Jagdalpur is about 17 km away. Bakavand is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.