About Tarka Village

Tarka is a mid sized village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,656, made up of 881 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.44 hectares hectares.

Tarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Mohammadabad
Area (hectares)	65.44 hectares
Population	1,656
Male Population	881
Female Population	775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarka compares

By the 2011 count Tarka is the 140th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 65.44 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Tarka

Tarka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tarka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Tarka from other places

Tarka lies about 8.6 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Ghazipur City, about 7.6 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 Tarka
Nearest railway station	Ghazipur City	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammadabad	8.6 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Ghazīpur	8.6 km

Villages closest to Tarka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarka village had a population of 1,656. That makes it the 140th largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Tarka village has 881 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarka has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Tarka covers 65.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Tarka falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tarka is Ghazipur City, about 7.6 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 10+ km distance for Tarka.

Tarka is about 8.6 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarka is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Ghazipur City is about 7.6 km away. Mohammadabad is about 8.6 km away. Ghazipur is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.