About Tapkara Village

Tapkara is a small village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 157 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tapkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tapkara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	157
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tapkara compares

By the 2011 count Tapkara is the 68th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Tapkara

Tapkara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tapkara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Tapkara from other places

Tapkara lies about 51 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 8.3 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 Tapkara
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	8.3 km
Nearest town	Khunti	36 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	51 km

Villages closest to Tapkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tapkara village had a population of 322. That makes it the 68th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Tapkara village has 157 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tapkara has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Tapkara is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tapkara covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tapkara falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tapkara is Bakaspur, about 8.3 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 10+ km distance for Tapkara.

Tapkara is about 51 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tapkara is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 6.3 km away. Bakaspur is about 8.3 km away. Khunti is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.