About Targawan Village

Targawan is one of the larger villages in Aliganj tehsil, in the district of Etah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,690, made up of 4,075 males and 3,615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1197.86 hectares hectares.

Targawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Etah
Tehsil	Aliganj
Area (hectares)	1197.86 hectares
Population	7,690
Male Population	4,075
Female Population	3,615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Targawan compares

By the 2011 count Targawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,868 residents. Its 1197.86 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Targawan

Targawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Targawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Targawan from other places

Targawan lies about 32 km from Etah, and the nearest railway station is Daryaogonj, about 17 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 Targawan
Nearest railway station	Daryaogonj	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aliganj	20 km
Nearest town	Alīganj	20 km
District headquarters	Etah	32 km

Villages closest to Targawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Targawan village had a population of 7,690. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,868 residents.

Targawan village has 4,075 males and 3,615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targawan has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Targawan covers 1197.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Targawan falls under Aliganj tehsil of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Targawan is Daryaogonj, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Targawan.

Targawan is about 32 km from Etah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targawan is in Aliganj tehsil of Etah district. Daryaogonj is about 17 km away. Aliganj is about 20 km away. Alīganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.