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Krishnadevaraya-Era Inscription Unearthed in Ballari Region
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 605003
- Pincode
- 583119
- Post office
- Sandur
- Population
- 6,722
- Households
- 1,343
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,465
Census 2011 · in context
How Taranagar compares
By population, Taranagar ranks #7 of 84 villages in Sandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
+9.3% vs mandal average
- Taranagar
- 61.0%
- Sandur mandal
- 51.7%
- Ballari district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
Same as the mandal average
- Taranagar
- 970
- Sandur mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Taranagar
- 5.0
- Sandur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Taranagar at a glance
Taranagar is a village of 6,722 people in 1,343 households (Census 2011) in Sandur taluk, Ballari district, Karnataka, the 7th-largest of 84 villages in Sandur taluk. Literacy is 61%, 9 points above the taluk average, and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 583119, served by Sandur post office; the LGD village code is 605003. The village votes in Sandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA E. Tukaram. The population is estimated at 7,925 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Taranagar →
Key facts — Taranagar
- LGD code
- 605003
- Pincode
- 583119
- Post office
- Sandur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,722
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,925
- Households
- 1,343
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bellary
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandur
- Member of Parliament
- E. Tukaram
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- E. Tukaram
- Block / Mandal
- Sandur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 583119
Same name, different place
Other villages named Taranagar
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Other villages in Sandur mandal
View all 60+ →- Daroji
- Toranagal
- Chornur
- Bandri
- Krishnanagar
- Yeswanthanagar
- Bhujanganagar
- Suseelnagar
- Talur
- Hirekeriyaginahalli
- Bommagatta
- Agrahara
- Deogiri
- Sovenahalli
- Yerraiahnahalli
- Nidugurthi
- Antapur
- Vittalapur
- Dowlatpur
- Jaisingapur
- Rajapur
- Kalingeri
- Devaramallapur
- Ankammanahal
- Mallapura 72
- Selieppanahalli
- Narasingapur
- Chikkakeriyaginahalli
- Kodalu
- Bannihatti
- Shro.Basapur
- Gollalingammanahalli
- Gundlahalli
- Nagalapur
- Kanakapur .B.C.
- Chapparadahalli Ubbalagandi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)