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About Tarkulwa Village

Tarkulwa is a large village in Banjaria tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,501, made up of 2,414 males and 2,087 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarkulwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarkulwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Banjaria
Pincode 845401
Area (hectares) 82 hectares
Population 4,501
Male Population 2,414
Female Population 2,087
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tarkulwa compares

By the 2011 count Tarkulwa is the 8th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 55 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Tarkulwa

Tarkulwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Tarkulwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Tarkulwa from other places

Tarkulwa lies about 92 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Deoria Sadar, about 18 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 Tarkulwa
Tehsil headquarters Banjaria 7.0 km
Nearest town Kushinagar 12 km
Nearest railway station Deoria Sadar 18 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 92 km

Villages closest to Tarkulwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarkulwa village had a population of 4,501. That makes it the 8th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents.

Tarkulwa village has 2,414 males and 2,087 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarkulwa has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Tarkulwa is 845401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarkulwa covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 55 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Tarkulwa falls under Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tarkulwa is Deoria Sadar, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tarkulwa.

Tarkulwa is about 92 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarkulwa is in Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Banjaria is about 7.0 km away. Kushinagar is about 12 km away. Deoria Sadar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjaria (7.0 km), Patkhaulia (13 km) and Rohinia (15 km).

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

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