About Taranipur Village

Taranipur is a mid sized village in Bongaon tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,177, made up of 622 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743290, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taranipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taranipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Bongaon
Pincode	743290
Area (hectares)	132.83 hectares
Population	1,177
Male Population	622
Female Population	555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taranipur compares

By the 2011 count Taranipur is the 116th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents. Its 132.83 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Taranipur

Taranipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Taranipur as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Taranipur from other places

Taranipur lies about 12 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Thakurnagar, about 11 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 Taranipur
Nearest railway station	Thakurnagar	11 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	12 km
Nearest town	Gobārdānga	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bongaon	19 km

Villages closest to Taranipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taranipur village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 116th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents.

Taranipur village has 622 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taranipur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Taranipur is 743290. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taranipur covers 132.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Taranipur falls under Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Taranipur is Thakurnagar, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Taranipur.

Taranipur is about 12 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taranipur is in Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Thakurnagar is about 11 km away. North Twenty Four Parganas is about 12 km away. Gobārdānga is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.