About Tarapur Village

Tarapur is a mid sized village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 740, made up of 396 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140123
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	740
Male Population	396
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tarapur compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur is the 97th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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 within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 from other places

Tarapur lies about 41 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 8.1 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	Garhshankar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anandpur Sahib	27 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	41 km

Villages closest to Tarapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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 740. That makes it the 97th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Tarapur village has 396 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Tarapur is 140123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarapur covers 242 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 Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur is Garhshankar, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tarapur.

Tarapur is about 41 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Garhshankar is about 8.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 16 km away. Anandpur Sahib is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.