About Tariga Village

Tariga is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 511, made up of 250 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 556.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tariga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tariga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	556.77 hectares
Population	511
Male Population	250
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tariga compares

By the 2011 count Tariga is the 85th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 556.77 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Tariga

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

Tariga lies about 38 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 9.8 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 Tariga
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	17 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	31 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	38 km

Villages closest to Tariga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tariga village had a population of 511. That makes it the 85th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Tariga village has 250 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tariga has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Tariga is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tariga covers 556.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tariga falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tariga is Kenchanalu, about 9.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tariga.

Tariga is about 38 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tariga is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Kenchanalu is about 9.8 km away. Hosanagara is about 17 km away. Sāgar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.