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About Targram Village

Targram is a large village in Nabagram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,310, made up of 1,213 males and 1,097 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Targram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Targram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Nabagram
Pincode 742181
Area (hectares) 408.46 hectares
Population 2,310
Male Population 1,213
Female Population 1,097
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Targram compares

By the 2011 count Targram is the 34th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents. Its 408.46 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Targram

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

Targram lies about 146 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Kumedpur Junction, about under 2 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 Targram
Nearest railway station Kumedpur Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabagram 11 km
Nearest town Manihāri 21 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 146 km

Villages closest to Targram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Targram village had a population of 2,310. That makes it the 34th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents.

Targram village has 1,213 males and 1,097 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Targram has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Targram is 742181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Targram covers 408.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Targram falls under Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Targram is Kumedpur Junction, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Targram.

Targram is about 146 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Targram is in Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Kumedpur Junction is about under 2 km away. Nabagram is about 11 km away. Manihāri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajuria (3.3 km), Srirampur (5.2 km) and Mukundapur (6.1 km).

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

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