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About Targar Village

Targar is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 82 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581337
Area (hectares) 273.84 hectares
Population 171
Male Population 82
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Targar compares

By the 2011 count Targar is the 79th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 273.84 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 963.

Getting to Targar

Targar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Targar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Targar from other places

Targar lies about 26 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Harwada, about 38 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 Targar
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 16 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 16 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 26 km
Nearest railway station Harwada 38 km

Villages closest to Targar

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

Common questions about Targar

As per the Census of India 2011, Targar village had a population of 171. That makes it the 79th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Targar village has 82 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targar has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Targar is 581337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Targar covers 273.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Targar falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Targar is Harwada, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Targar.

Targar is about 26 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targar is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Yellapur is about 16 km away. Yellāpur is about 16 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vajralli (under 2 km), Honagadde (under 2 km) and Jogalepal (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Targar today is likely to be higher.

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