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About Taragaon Village

Taragaon is a mid sized village in Pathorighat tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 700 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.2 hectares hectares.

Taragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taragaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Pathorighat
Area (hectares) 279.2 hectares
Population 1,330
Male Population 700
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taragaon compares

By the 2011 count Taragaon is the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,138 residents. Its 279.2 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Taragaon

Taragaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taragaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Taragaon from other places

Taragaon lies about 21 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Goreswar, about 17 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Taragaon
Nearest railway station Goreswar 17 km
Nearest town Rangia 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathorighat 21 km
District headquarters Baksa 21 km

Villages closest to Taragaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathorighat tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Taragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Taragaon village had a population of 1,330. That makes it the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,138 residents.

Taragaon village has 700 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taragaon has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Taragaon covers 279.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taragaon falls under Pathorighat tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Taragaon is Goreswar, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Taragaon.

Taragaon is about 21 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taragaon is in Pathorighat tehsil of Baksa district. Goreswar is about 17 km away. Rangia is about 18 km away. Pathorighat is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santipukhuri (12 km), Baneikuchi (25 km) and Borigaon (31 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Taragaon today is likely to be higher.

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