About Targaon Village

Targaon is a large village in Koregaon tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,011, made up of 1,475 males and 1,536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954 hectares hectares.

Targaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Satara
Tehsil	Koregaon
Area (hectares)	954 hectares
Population	3,011
Male Population	1,475
Female Population	1,536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Targaon compares

By the 2011 count Targaon is the 15th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents. Its 954 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Targaon

Targaon 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 Targaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Targaon from other places

Targaon lies about 105 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Kedgaon, about 8.8 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 Targaon
Nearest railway station	Kedgaon	8.8 km
Nearest town	Daund	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Koregaon	34 km
District headquarters	Satara	105 km

Villages closest to Targaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Targaon village had a population of 3,011. That makes it the 15th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents.

Targaon village has 1,475 males and 1,536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targaon has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Targaon covers 954 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Targaon falls under Koregaon tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Targaon is Kedgaon, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Targaon.

Targaon is about 105 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targaon is in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district. Kedgaon is about 8.8 km away. Daund is about 25 km away. Koregaon is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.