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About Taragaon Village

Taragaon is a mid sized village in Pathorighat tehsil, in the district of Darrang, 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 Darrang
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 18th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,123 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 956.

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. The nearest villages by name are Samatiapara, Sanapatipara, Santipukhuri and Sarabari Barampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 18th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,123 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 956.

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 Darrang district in Assam.

The census record for Taragaon notes the nearest railway station 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 in Pathorighat tehsil of Darrang district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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