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About Taranji Khera Village

Taranji Khera is a large village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,080, made up of 1,080 males and 1,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taranji Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taranji Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148035
Area (hectares) 479.94 hectares
Population 2,080
Male Population 1,080
Female Population 1,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taranji Khera compares

By the 2011 count Taranji Khera is the 43rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 479.94 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Taranji Khera

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

Taranji Khera lies about 17 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 10 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 Taranji Khera
Nearest railway station Sunam Udham Singh Wala 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 11 km
Nearest town Sunām 11 km
District headquarters Sangrur 17 km

Villages closest to Taranji Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sunam 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 Taranji Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Taranji Khera village had a population of 2,080. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Taranji Khera village has 1,080 males and 1,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taranji Khera has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Taranji Khera is 148035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taranji Khera covers 479.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taranji Khera falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Taranji Khera is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 10 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 village for Taranji Khera.

Taranji Khera is about 17 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taranji Khera is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Sunam Udham Singh Wala is about 10 km away. Sunam is about 11 km away. Sunām is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sullar (2.6 km), Mauran (2.6 km) and Khadial (2.9 km).

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

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