About Taragod Village

Taragod is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 146 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,178 females per 1000 males. The village covers 797.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taragod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taragod village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581322
Area (hectares)	797.85 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	146
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,178
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taragod compares

By the 2011 count Taragod is the 102nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 797.85 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Taragod

Taragod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taragod as Available within 5 - 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 Taragod from other places

Taragod lies about 43 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 22 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 Taragod
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	22 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	25 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	43 km

Villages closest to Taragod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Taragod village had a population of 318. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Taragod village has 146 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taragod has about 1178 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Taragod is 581322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taragod covers 797.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Taragod falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Taragod is Talaguppa, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Taragod.

Taragod is about 43 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taragod is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 8.1 km away. Talaguppa is about 22 km away. Sirsi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.