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About Tarhul Village

Tarhul is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 384 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarhul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarhul village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 495449
Area (hectares) 442.24 hectares
Population 791
Male Population 384
Female Population 407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarhul compares

By the 2011 count Tarhul is the 16th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 442.24 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Tarhul

Tarhul is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tarhul as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Tarhul from other places

Tarhul lies about 29 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 12 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 Tarhul
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 29 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 29 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 30 km

Villages closest to Tarhul

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 Tarhul

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarhul village had a population of 791. That makes it the 16th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Tarhul village has 384 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarhul has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Tarhul is 495449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarhul covers 442.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tarhul is Bhanupratappur, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Tarhul.

Tarhul is about 29 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.

Tarhul is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 12 km away. Durgkondal is about 29 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damkasa (2.1 km), Mokha (2.6 km) and Barheli (3.0 km).

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

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