About Taragaon Village

Taragaon is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 96 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taragaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	54 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	96
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taragaon compares

By the 2011 count Taragaon is the 178th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Taragaon

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

Taragaon lies about 24 km from Shimla. 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 Taragaon
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	7.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	24 km

Villages closest to Taragaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taragaon village had a population of 181. That makes it the 178th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Taragaon village has 96 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taragaon has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Taragaon is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taragaon covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taragaon falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Taragaon notes the nearest railway station 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 Taragaon.

Taragaon is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taragaon is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.0 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.