About Tarni Village

Tarni is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,559, made up of 772 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 621.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	621.45 hectares
Population	1,559
Male Population	772
Female Population	787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Tarni compares

By the 2011 count Tarni is the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 621.45 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Tarni

Tarni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tarni 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 Tarni from other places

Tarni lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Tarni
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	13 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Tarni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarni village had a population of 1,559. That makes it the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Tarni village has 772 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarni has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Tarni is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarni covers 621.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarni falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tarni is Harinsing, about 13 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 Tarni.

Tarni is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarni is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 28 km away. Ranishwar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.