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Taherpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Taherpur is a medium size village located in Singur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 376 families residing. The Taherpur village has population of 1625 of which 843 are males while 782 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 9.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taherpur village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Taherpur as per census is 877, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Taherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Taherpur village was 73.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Taherpur Male literacy stands at 79.27 % while female literacy rate was 67.93 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Taherpur 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 Taherpur village.

Taherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 376 - -
Population 1,625 843 782
Child (0-6) 152 81 71
Schedule Caste 975 505 470
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.79 % 79.27 % 67.93 %
Total Workers 734 563 171
Main Worker 572 - -
Marginal Worker 162 68 94

Caste Factor

In Taherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.00 % of total population in Taherpur village. The village Taherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taherpur village out of total population, 734 were engaged in work activities. 77.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 734 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.