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Tapka Population - Katihar, Bihar

Tapka is a medium size village located in Katihar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 372 families residing. The Tapka village has population of 1823 of which 993 are males while 830 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tapka village population of children with age 0-6 is 358 which makes up 19.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tapka village is 836 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Tapka as per census is 904, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Tapka village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Tapka village was 59.18 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Tapka Male literacy stands at 66.96 % while female literacy rate was 49.70 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tapka village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tapka village.

Tapka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,823 993 830
Child (0-6) 358 188 170
Schedule Caste 272 142 130
Schedule Tribe 307 172 135
Literacy 59.18 % 66.96 % 49.70 %
Total Workers 595 443 152
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 271 168 103

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.92 % of total population in Tapka village.

Work Profile

In Tapka village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 54.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.