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About Taranpur Village

Taranpur is a large village in Sampatchak tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,172, made up of 1,165 males and 1,007 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236 hectares hectares.

Taranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taranpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Sampatchak
Area (hectares) 236 hectares
Population 2,172
Male Population 1,165
Female Population 1,007
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Taranpur compares

By the 2011 count Taranpur is the 20th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,143 residents. Its 236 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Taranpur

The census records public bus service for Taranpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Taranpur from other places

Taranpur lies about 10 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Ramgovindsingh Mahuli Halt, about 2.9 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 Taranpur
Nearest railway station Ramgovindsingh Mahuli Halt 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sampatchak 6.3 km
District headquarters Patna 10 km

Villages closest to Taranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taranpur village had a population of 2,172. That makes it the 20th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,143 residents.

Taranpur village has 1,165 males and 1,007 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taranpur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Taranpur covers 236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Taranpur falls under Sampatchak tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Taranpur is Ramgovindsingh Mahuli Halt, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Taranpur is about 10 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taranpur is in Sampatchak tehsil of Patna district. Ramgovindsingh Mahuli Halt is about 2.9 km away. Sampatchak is about 6.3 km away. Patna is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kura (under 2 km), Lanka Kachhuara (2.2 km) and Baruna (2.2 km).

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

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