About Taran Village

Taran is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 78 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taran village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	31.07 hectares
Population	143
Male Population	78
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 330th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 31.07 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 988.

Getting to Taran

Taran is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Taran as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Sukhjora, Sultantikar, Sundarmor and Taljhari. 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.

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Common questions about Taran

As per the Census of India 2011, Taran village had a population of 143. That makes it the 330th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Taran village has 78 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taran has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Taran is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taran covers 31.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taran falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Taran notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Taran.

Taran is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.