About Tarana Village

Tarana is a mid sized village in Jodiya tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 874 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1640.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarana village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Jodiya
Pincode	361240
Area (hectares)	1640.71 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	874
Female Population	813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarana compares

By the 2011 count Tarana is the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents. Its 1640.71 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Tarana

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

Tarana lies about 51 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Lavanpur, about 25 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 Tarana
Nearest town	Dhrol	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jodiya	20 km
Nearest railway station	Lavanpur	25 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	51 km

Villages closest to Tarana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarana village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 13th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents.

Tarana village has 874 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarana has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Tarana is 361240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarana covers 1640.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tarana falls under Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Tarana is Lavanpur, about 25 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Tarana.

Tarana is about 51 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarana is in Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district. Dhrol is about 19 km away. Jodiya is about 20 km away. Lavanpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.