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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tarapur is a village in Barsoi mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,387 across 273 households, with a literacy rate of 25.6%.
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- LGD code
- 224915
- Pincode
- 855102
- Post office
- Barsoi
- Population
- 1,387
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 25.6%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 480
- Distance to district centre
- 77 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 106 km
- Distance to Patna
- 163 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 329 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ganganiyan · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Baba Baidynath Eye Hospital · <1 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
तारापुर की तुलना
By population, Tarapur ranks #85 of 231 villages in Barsoi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.6%
−9.4% vs mandal average
Tarapur25.6%
Barsoi mandal35.0%
Katihar district41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
+12 vs mandal average
Tarapur932
Barsoi mandal920
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
Tarapur5.1
Barsoi mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
तारापुर एक नज़र में
तारापुर बिहार के कटिहार जिले के बरसोइ ब्लॉक में 1,387 लोगों 273 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो बरसोइ ब्लॉक के 231 गांवों में 85वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 26% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 35% से 9 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 932 महिलाएं। यह कटिहार जिला मुख्यालय से 77 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Bariarpur से 24 किमी, Ganganiyan रेलवे स्टेशन से 16 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 855102 है, Barsoi डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 224915 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Baba Baidynath Eye Hospital है, <1 किमी दूर। गांव Purnia विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Vijay Kumar Khemka हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,635 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Shivanandpur →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · तारापुर
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHIVANANDPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 133
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — तारापुर
- LGD code
- 224915
- Pincode
- 855102
- Post office
- Barsoi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,387
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,635
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 25.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.09221°N, 86.66209°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Barsoi
पहुंचने का रास्ता
तारापुर कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna163 kmcapital
- Kolkata329 km
- Delhi1016 km
- Hyderabad1204 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationGanganiyan16 km
- Hospital / PHCBaba Baidynath Eye Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank30 km
- CollegeMarwari college34 km
- Police stationFaridpur Police Station29 km
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 855102
एक नाम, अलग जगह
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)