About Targaon Village

Targaon is a mid sized village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 327 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Makdi
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	419.78 hectares
Population	634
Male Population	327
Female Population	307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Targaon compares

By the 2011 count Targaon is the 67th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 419.78 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Targaon

Targaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Targaon as Available. 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 Sodseoni, Sohanga, Sonabera and Tamra Wand. 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.

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Common questions about Targaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Targaon village had a population of 634. That makes it the 67th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Targaon village has 327 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targaon has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Targaon is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Targaon covers 419.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Targaon falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Targaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Targaon.

Targaon is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar 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.