About Taragutu Village

Taragutu is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,150, made up of 581 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taragutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taragutu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	347.94 hectares
Population	1,150
Male Population	581
Female Population	569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
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 Taragutu compares

By the 2011 count Taragutu is the 28th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 347.94 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Taragutu

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

Taragutu lies about 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 31 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 Taragutu
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	10 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	31 km

Villages closest to Taragutu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taragutu village had a population of 1,150. That makes it the 28th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Taragutu village has 581 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taragutu has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Taragutu is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taragutu covers 347.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taragutu falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Taragutu is Lohardaga, about 31 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 Taragutu.

Taragutu is about 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taragutu is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 10 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.