About Taranakho Village

Taranakho is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,900, made up of 967 males and 933 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taranakho Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taranakho village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	138 hectares
Population	1,900
Male Population	967
Female Population	933
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taranakho compares

By the 2011 count Taranakho is the 29th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Taranakho

Taranakho is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taranakho as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Taranakho from other places

Taranakho lies about 52 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 7.9 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 Taranakho
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	7.9 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	31 km
District headquarters	Giridih	52 km

Villages closest to Taranakho

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taranakho village had a population of 1,900. That makes it the 29th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Taranakho village has 967 males and 933 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taranakho has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Taranakho is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taranakho covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Taranakho falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Taranakho is Dhanwar, about 7.9 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 village for Taranakho.

Taranakho is about 52 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taranakho is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 7.9 km away. Kodarma is about 31 km away. Giridih is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.