Tapan is a village in Tapan CD Block in Balurghat subdivision of

Dakshin Dinajpur district Dakshin Dinajpur () or South Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Tapan is located at . In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Police station

Tapan police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Tapan CD Block.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Tapan CD Block is at Tapan.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Tapan had a total population of 2,796, of which 1,451 (52%) were males and 1,345 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 256. The total number of literates in Tapan was 2,105 (82.87% of the population over 6 years).

Education

Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College is a college at Tapan in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a public state university located in Mald ...

was established at Tapan in 2011. Affiliated to the

Gour Banga University University of Gour Banga is a public state university located in Malda, West Bengal, India. It is one of the newest state universities established in 2008 by the Government of West Bengal on Act XXVI 2007. History The university completed ...

, it offers honours courses in English, Bengali, history and education, and a general course in arts.

Healthcare

Tapan Rural Hospital at Tapan (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Tapan CD Block. There are primary health centres at Monahali (with 10 beds), Chenchra (Rampara (Chenchra) PHC) (with 10 beds) and Balapur (Malancha PHC) (with 10 beds).

References

Villages in Dakshin Dinajpur district {{DakshinDinajpur-geo-stub