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About Tarapur Village

Tarapur is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 790, made up of 440 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1139.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Kharar
Pincode 140110
Area (hectares) 1139.83 hectares
Population 790
Male Population 440
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarapur compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur is the 78th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 1139.83 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

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 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 26 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Mianpur, about 13 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 town Baddi 10 km
Nearest railway station Mianpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharar 20 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 26 km

Villages closest to Tarapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarapur village had a population of 790. That makes it the 78th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Tarapur village has 440 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Tarapur is 140110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarapur covers 1139.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tarapur falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur is Mianpur, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tarapur.

Tarapur is about 26 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Baddi is about 10 km away. Mianpur is about 13 km away. Kharar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gochar (2.8 km), Mianpur (3.2 km) and Mirzapur (3.5 km).

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

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