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Tarku Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Tarku is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 371 families residing. The Tarku village has population of 1856 of which 949 are males while 907 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarku village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarku village is 956 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarku as per census is 1271, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Tarku village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarku village was 83.76 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Tarku Male literacy stands at 90.74 % while female literacy rate was 76.22 %.

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

Tarku Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,856 949 907
Child (0-6) 193 85 108
Schedule Caste 136 61 75
Schedule Tribe 239 119 120
Literacy 83.76 % 90.74 % 76.22 %
Total Workers 1,046 594 452
Main Worker 947 - -
Marginal Worker 99 51 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.88 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.33 % of total population in Tarku village.

Work Profile

In Tarku village out of total population, 1046 were engaged in work activities. 90.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1046 workers engaged in Main Work, 668 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.