By population, Taraun ranks #253 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Taraun is a village of 251 people in 45 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 253rd-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 29%, 23 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 2,061 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 815314, served by Kharagdiha post office; the LGD village code is 351450. The sarpanch is Binod Kumar Sahu, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 296 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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