About Taran Village

Taran is one of the larger villages in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,739, made up of 5,757 males and 4,982 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549 hectares hectares.

Taran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taran village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Jokihat
Area (hectares)	549 hectares
Population	10,739
Male Population	5,757
Female Population	4,982
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taran compares

By the 2011 count Taran is the 5th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 549 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Taran

Taran is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taran as Available within 10+ 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 Taran from other places

Taran lies about 3.1 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 11 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 Taran
District headquarters	Araria	3.1 km
Nearest town	Arāria	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jokihat	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Araria Court	11 km

Villages closest to Taran

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

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Common questions about Taran

As per the Census of India 2011, Taran village had a population of 10,739. That makes it the 5th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Taran village has 5,757 males and 4,982 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taran has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Taran covers 549 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Taran falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Taran is Araria Court, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Taran.

Taran is about 3.1 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taran is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Araria is about 3.1 km away. Arāria is about 3.1 km away. Jokihat is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.