Taruka was a village development committee in Nuwakot District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4845 people living in 912 individual households. Taruka is famous for its vegetable production and annual bullfight. The annual bullfight occurs on first day on tenth month (Makar Sakranti) of Nepali calendar. ^[1]

Taruka तारुका
Village development committee
Taruka Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°52′N 85°01′E / 27.87°N 85.01°E / 27.87; 85.01
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bagmati Zone
District	Nuwakot District
Population  (1991)
• Total	4,846
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)