About Targa Village

Targa is a large village in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,234, made up of 1,177 males and 1,057 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Targa compares

By the 2011 count Targa is the 29th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents. Its 281.19 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Targa

Targa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Targa 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Sohandih, Sonardih, Sondaha and Suriyadi Alias Suriyabandh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.