Tapan Taluk Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Tapan is a Taluk located in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. It is one of 9 Taluks of Dakshin Dinajpur district. There are 279 villages and 0 towns in Tapan Taluk.

As per the Census India 2011, Tapan Taluk has 59,443 households, population of 250,504 of which 128,500 are males and 122,004 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 28,276 which is 11.29% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Tapan Taluk is around 949 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Tapan Taluk is 60.87% out of which 65.88% males are literate and 55.59% females are literate. The total area of Tapan is 424 sq.km with population density of 591 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 100% of population lives in Urban area and 0 lives in Rural area. There are 32.32% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 22.34% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Tapan Taluk.

Tapan Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	250,504	100%
Hindu	173,255	69.16%
Muslim	71,109	28.39%
Christian	4,554	1.82%
Other religions and persuasions	1,088	0.43%
Religion not stated	388	0.15%
Jain	72	0.03%
Sikh	30	0.01%
Buddhist	8	0%

Tapan Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Number of households	0	59,443
Total Population	0	250,504
Population (%)	0	48.7%
Male Population	0	128,500
Female Population	0	122,004
Sex Ratio	0	949
Literacy (%)	0	60.87%

List of Villages in Tapan

Check out complete list of all villages of Tapan in Tapan district, West Bengal

Tapan Population Facts

Number of Households	59,443
Population	250,504
Male Population	128,500 (51.3%)
Female Population	122,004 (48.7%)
Children Population	28,276
Area	424 km2
Population density/km2	591
Sex-ratio	949
Literacy	60.87%
Male Literacy	65.88%
Female Literacy	55.59%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	22.34%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	32.32%