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Tarkasi Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Tarkasi is a medium size village located in Budhal Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 392 families residing. The Tarkasi village has population of 1732 of which 913 are males while 819 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarkasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 364 which makes up 21.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarkasi village is 897 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarkasi as per census is 784, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Tarkasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarkasi village was 57.82 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Tarkasi Male literacy stands at 73.20 % while female literacy rate was 41.27 %.

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

Tarkasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 392 - -
Population 1,732 913 819
Child (0-6) 364 204 160
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,257 651 606
Literacy 57.82 % 73.20 % 41.27 %
Total Workers 990 505 485
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 647 187 460

Caste Factor

In Tarkasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.58 % of total population in Tarkasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tarkasi village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Tarkasi village out of total population, 990 were engaged in work activities. 34.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 990 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.