About Turakpur Village

Turakpur is a mid sized village in Kharkhoda tehsil, in the district of Sonipat, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,450, made up of 783 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 131103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turakpur village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Sonipat
Tehsil	Kharkhoda
Pincode	131103
Area (hectares)	246 hectares
Population	1,450
Male Population	783
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turakpur compares

By the 2011 count Turakpur is the 37th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,159 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 848.

Getting to Turakpur

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

Turakpur lies about 13 km from Sonipat, and the nearest railway station is Barota, about 8.2 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 Turakpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kharkhoda	6.6 km
Nearest town	Kharkhauda	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Barota	8.2 km
District headquarters	Sonipat	13 km

Villages closest to Turakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turakpur village had a population of 1,450. That makes it the 37th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,159 residents.

Turakpur village has 783 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turakpur has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 848.

The pincode recorded for Turakpur is 131103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turakpur covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turakpur falls under Kharkhoda tehsil of Sonipat district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Turakpur is Barota, about 8.2 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Turakpur.

Turakpur is about 13 km from Sonipat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turakpur is in Kharkhoda tehsil of Sonipat district. Kharkhoda is about 6.6 km away. Kharkhauda is about 6.6 km away. Barota is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.