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About Tarapur Village

Tarapur is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 663 males and 578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.11 hectares hectares.

Tarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 85.11 hectares
Population 1,241
Male Population 663
Female Population 578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tarapur compares

By the 2011 count Tarapur is the 201st largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 85.11 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Tarapur

Tarapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tarapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 10 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Icbn, about 1.8 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 Icbn 1.8 km
Nearest town Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 9.1 km
District headquarters Chandauli 10 km

Villages closest to Tarapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakaldiha 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 1,241. That makes it the 201st largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Tarapur village has 663 males and 578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarapur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Tarapur covers 85.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Tarapur falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tarapur is Icbn, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Tarapur.

Tarapur is about 10 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarapur is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Icbn is about 1.8 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 6.7 km away. Sakaldiha is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kori (under 2 km), Kakarahi Khurd (under 2 km) and Saharoi (under 2 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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