About Tarapur Village

Tarapur is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 371 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	232.36 hectares
Population	715
Male Population	371
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarapur compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur is the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 232.36 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Tarapur

Tarapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tarapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 61 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 17 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	17 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	61 km

Villages closest to Tarapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gawan 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 715. That makes it the 36th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Tarapur village has 371 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Tarapur is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarapur covers 232.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarapur falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur is Nawadih, about 17 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tarapur.

Tarapur is about 61 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 8.9 km away. Nawadih is about 17 km away. Kodarma is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.