Tarapur, Bihar

Tarapur is a small town in the district of Munger in the Indian state.It has been made sub-division long time ago.It is centrally located and connects cities like Bhagalpur, Munger, Banka, Jamui and Deoghar.

Transport

It is connected by road to most important towns in Bihar . The nearest railway station is Sultanganj.

Economy

The main occupation of people residing around Tarapur is agriculture. Paddy, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, and other cereals are grown here. Mango from this region is also famous. Tarapur has been growing as an administrative unit as well as a commercial centre in Munger.

Culture

During shrawani mela, a month long religious carnival where devotees go to the historic Shiva temple in Deoghar after taking the holy water from the "utrawahini" Ganges in Sultanganj, the whole locality is decked like a bride.

Attraction

• Shahid Smarak, Thana Chauk, Tarapur
• Ratneshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir, Rangaon
• Ulta Mahadev Mandir, Tarapur, Main Market
• Krishna Kali Bhagwati (Teldiha) Mandir, Haribanspur
• Teldia Mandir stands with pride for over Hundred years. It is known for its special worship based on Bangla Tantrik Vidhi. Millions of devotees visit the temple for worship during Durga Puja. Over 50 thousand Patha Bali is conducted on Ashthami and Navami. On regular days, the devotees gathers in huge numbers on Tuesday and Saturday. It is widely believed that parents willing for a child gets their wish fulfilled.

Important personalities

Notable personalities from this region include:-

• Nandlal Bose, renowned Sculptor and Painter
• The late Ram Swarat Singh, founder of R.S College Tarapur
• The late Jagdish Singh from the village of Swarndih, founder of the "Jagdish Singh Balika Ucch Vidyalaya Tarapur" serving the girls living in Tarapur and surrounding area.
• Sumitra Devi
• The late Shyama Kant Jha- a philosopher and linguistic who was also the chairman of Sanskrit Siksha Board;the Interpreter of Vedas
• Swami Narayan Das Ji Maharaj (vill-Dhouni)-spritual personality & former mathadhish at kashi vidyapeeth,varansai,
• Late Vijay Narayan Choudhary (vill-Dhouni)- socio-political figure]]
• Brahmdeo Madhur, former Head of the Arts Faculty at Banaras Hindu University.
• B L Das, Jail Superintendent [During Akfodwa Kand, Bhaglapur].

People from Tarapur are spread all over India and in different places of the globe. near by place is teldiah village which is 2 km from tarapur . there is a famous durga temple is present there.

sri sengeswar chaudhary a great freedom fighter a single person who has started to protest neelaha andolan and eleminate farming of neil in tarapur should be rememered alwyas. and his son late gangadher chaudharya great freedom fighter gone several time to jail against fighting for free india movement along with his friend and co worker dr. vijay prashant.