| Tarun | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Type4: | Block |
| Subdivision Name4: | Tarun |
| Government Type: | Town |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 1346 |
| Population Total: | 15,985 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Rank: | 32 |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Awadhi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 224203 |
| Registration Plate: | UP 42 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1000/1020 ♂/♀ |
Tarun is a town in Bikapur tehsil, Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Tarun is 30 km south of district headquarters Ayodhya city.
Tarun is also a block in Ayodhya district.[1] There is a police station in Tarun.[2] Tarun is a part of Goshainganj Vidhan Sabha constituency and Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.[3]
Tarun is well connected with nearby cities Ayodhya, Sultanpur and Akbarpur. And also Goshainganj, Bikapur, Bhadarsa, Haiderganj, Masodha and Chaure Bazar towns are the nearby towns from Tarun, Ayodhya.
Goshainganj,[4] Ayodhya Junction,[5] Faizabad Junction,[6] and Chaure Bazar[7] are the nearby railway stations from Tarun.
Ayodhya Airport in Ayodhya is the nearest airport from Tarun.[8]
India census, Tarun Bazaar had a population of 15,990. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tarun Bazaar has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 52%. In Tarun Bazaar, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.