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Tarkera Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Tarkera is a medium size village located in Kutra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 385 families residing. The Tarkera village has population of 1600 of which 839 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarkera village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 11.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarkera village is 907 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarkera as per census is 889, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Tarkera village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarkera village was 64.54 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tarkera Male literacy stands at 73.11 % while female literacy rate was 55.13 %.

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

Tarkera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 385 - -
Population 1,600 839 761
Child (0-6) 187 99 88
Schedule Caste 65 34 31
Schedule Tribe 1,208 628 580
Literacy 64.54 % 73.11 % 55.13 %
Total Workers 633 412 221
Main Worker 346 - -
Marginal Worker 287 113 174

Caste Factor

In Tarkera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.06 % of total population in Tarkera village.

Work Profile

In Tarkera village out of total population, 633 were engaged in work activities. 54.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 633 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.