Tarapur
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326143
Population 2011
4,611
Census of India
Population 2020
4,802
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.1%
191 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,015
+1.1% vs 1,004 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,611
Male / female
2,395 / 2,216
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
506
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,389 / 11
Working population
1,539
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
25.1%
Households
1,004
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
328
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
712
Non-farm households
212
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 60 / 33
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mejhia panchayat, Mejhia zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹70.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.28 lakh
Received directly
₹90,997
Spent
₹97.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.05 lakh · received ₹30.94 lakh · spent ₹38.56 lakh · left ₹16.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.01 lakh · received ₹44.34 lakh · spent ₹58.98 lakh · left ₹32.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 87.1263 —
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