Skip to main content

About Taraighotia Village

Taraighotia is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 232 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taraighotia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taraighotia village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 541.12 hectares
Population 472
Male Population 232
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taraighotia compares

By the 2011 count Taraighotia is the 55th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 541.12 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Taraighotia

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

How far is Taraighotia from other places

Taraighotia lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 4.2 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 Taraighotia
Nearest railway station Keoti 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 20 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 20 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 39 km

Villages closest to Taraighotia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taraighotia village had a population of 472. That makes it the 55th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Taraighotia village has 232 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taraighotia has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Taraighotia is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taraighotia covers 541.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Taraighotia falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Taraighotia is Keoti, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Taraighotia.

Taraighotia is about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taraighotia is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 4.2 km away. Durgkondal is about 20 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mindoda (6.8 km), Dangra (7.8 km) and Diyagaon (8.3 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.