About Taran Village

Taran is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 22 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 364 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taran village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Mohanpur
Pincode	814113
Area (hectares)	28.98 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	22
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	364
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taran compares

By the 2011 count Taran is the 327th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 28.98 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Taran

Taran is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Taran as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Taran from other places

Taran lies about 110 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 14 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 Taran
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	14 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	110 km

Villages closest to Taran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taran village had a population of 30. That makes it the 327th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Taran village has 22 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taran has about 364 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Taran is 814113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taran covers 28.98 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.

Taran falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Taran is Karamtola, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Taran.

Taran is about 110 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taran is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Karamtola is about 14 km away. Sāhibganj is about 17 km away. Mohanpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.