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Taruwa Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Taruwa is a large village located in Tharad Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 361 families residing. The Taruwa village has population of 2276 of which 1193 are males while 1083 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taruwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 444 which makes up 19.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taruwa village is 908 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Taruwa as per census is 930, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Taruwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Taruwa village was 61.24 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Taruwa Male literacy stands at 76.01 % while female literacy rate was 44.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Taruwa 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 Taruwa village.

Taruwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 2,276 1,193 1,083
Child (0-6) 444 230 214
Schedule Caste 341 179 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.24 % 76.01 % 44.88 %
Total Workers 1,165 646 519
Main Worker 1,112 - -
Marginal Worker 53 1 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.98 % of total population in Taruwa village. The village Taruwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taruwa village out of total population, 1165 were engaged in work activities. 95.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1165 workers engaged in Main Work, 845 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 237 were Agricultural labourer.