About Taga Village

Taga is a large village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,285, made up of 1,671 males and 1,614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 961.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Akaltara
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	961.5 hectares
Population	3,285
Male Population	1,671
Female Population	1,614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Taga compares

By the 2011 count Taga is the 12th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 961.5 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Taga

Taga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Taga from other places

Taga lies about 7.5 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 7.7 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 Taga
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kapan	7.7 km
Nearest town	Nailā	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akaltara	11 km

Villages closest to Taga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taga village had a population of 3,285. That makes it the 12th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Taga village has 1,671 males and 1,614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taga has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Taga is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taga covers 961.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taga falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Taga is Kapan, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Taga is about 7.5 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taga is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Champa is about 7.5 km away. Kapan is about 7.7 km away. Nailā is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.