About Turaon Village

Turaon is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 337 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Hazaribag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	337
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
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 Turaon compares

By the 2011 count Turaon is the 54th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 970.

Getting to Turaon

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

Turaon lies about 11 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 8.5 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 Turaon
Nearest railway station	Charhi	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hazaribag	11 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	11 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	11 km

Villages closest to Turaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turaon village had a population of 616. That makes it the 54th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Turaon village has 337 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turaon has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Turaon is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turaon covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turaon falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Turaon is Charhi, about 8.5 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 Turaon.

Turaon is about 11 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turaon is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Charhi is about 8.5 km away. Hazaribag is about 11 km away. Hazaribagh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.