# Targa Village, Baghmara-Cum-Katras, Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baghmara-Cum-Katras, Dhanbad 

# Targa

Targa is a village in Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, PIN code **828125**. The 2011 Census counted **2,234 people in 426 households**, the 30th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,234people (2011)
- 426households
- 68.0%literacy
- 828125PIN code

## Targa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Targa is 828125.** Targa falls in Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code828125
- Gram panchayatTarga
- Community development blockBaghmara-Cum-Katras
- Census village code361549

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Targa from nearby towns?

- Baghmara (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)35 km by road
- Dhanbad (nearest town)35 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Targa?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Targa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Katras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Targa known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 78% of the 281 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Targa

Of every 100 households in Targa in 2011, 80 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Targa · ■ Baghmara-Cum-Katras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**26%

Use banking services ****36%**

**66%

Television ****38%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**82%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Targa?

■ Targa · ■ Baghmara-Cum-Katras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**929

Working population ****31.1%**

**29.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 56.8% for women. 50% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 258 (37%) · **■** Marginal 428 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baghmara-Cum-Katras

- Padugora2,398 people
- Kapuria2,340 people
- Bakspura2,274 people
- Kanchanpur2,256 people
- Murulidi2,225 people
- Hatudi2,179 people
- Pochari2,093 people
- Khonathi2,077 people

[All 192 villages in Baghmara-Cum-Katras](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/baghmara-cum-katras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Targa?828125
- How far is Targa from Dhanbad?35 km by road
- What is the population of Targa?2,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Targa in?Dhanbad district (Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Targa?68.0% (Census 2011)
