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About Targahana Village

Targahana is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 832 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targahana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targahana village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Pincode 222139
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 1,646
Male Population 832
Female Population 814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Targahana compares

By the 2011 count Targahana is the 146th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Targahana

The census records public bus service for Targahana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Targahana from other places

Targahana lies about 22 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kheta Sarai, about 1.6 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 Targahana
Nearest railway station Kheta Sarai 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 11 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 11 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 22 km

Villages closest to Targahana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Targahana village had a population of 1,646. That makes it the 146th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Targahana village has 832 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targahana has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Targahana is 222139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Targahana covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Targahana falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Targahana is Kheta Sarai, about 1.6 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 <5 km distance for Targahana.

Targahana is about 22 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targahana is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kheta Sarai is about 1.6 km away. Shahganj is about 11 km away. Shāhganj 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 Salarpur (under 2 km), Younuspur (under 2 km) and Jamdaha (under 2 km).

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

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