About Targawan Village

Targawan is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 633 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Baikunthpur
Pincode	497335
Area (hectares)	389.58 hectares
Population	1,284
Male Population	633
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Targawan compares

By the 2011 count Targawan is the 31st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 389.58 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Targawan

Targawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Targawan 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 Shivpur, Sitapur, Sorga and Surmi. 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 Targawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Targawan village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 31st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Targawan village has 633 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targawan has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Targawan is 497335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Targawan covers 389.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Targawan falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Targawan 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 Targawan.

Targawan is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya 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.