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Taragarh Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Taragarh is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 220 families residing. The Taragarh village has population of 985 of which 504 are males while 481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 8.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragarh village is 954 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragarh as per census is 1263, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Taragarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragarh village was 82.42 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Taragarh Male literacy stands at 86.91 % while female literacy rate was 77.60 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Taragarh village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Taragarh village.

Taragarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 985 504 481
Child (0-6) 86 38 48
Schedule Caste 566 293 273
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.42 % 86.91 % 77.60 %
Total Workers 290 258 32
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 6 4 2

Caste Factor

In Taragarh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.46 % of total population in Taragarh village. The village Taragarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taragarh village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 97.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.