Taragun Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Taragun is a medium size village located in Chinsurah - Magra Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 332 families residing. The Taragun village has population of 1335 of which 686 are males while 649 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragun village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 12.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragun village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragun as per census is 940, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Taragun village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragun village was 78.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Taragun Male literacy stands at 84.91 % while female literacy rate was 72.68 %.

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

Taragun Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	332	-	-
Population	1,335	686	649
Child (0-6)	161	83	78
Schedule Caste	471	245	226
Schedule Tribe	284	141	143
Literacy	78.96 %	84.91 %	72.68 %
Total Workers	607	440	167
Main Worker	277	-	-
Marginal Worker	330	181	149

Caste Factor

In Taragun village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.27 % of total population in Taragun village.

Work Profile

In Taragun village out of total population, 607 were engaged in work activities. 45.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.