Taranga Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Taranga is a medium size village located in Khaira Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 237 families residing. The Taranga village has population of 1143 of which 534 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taranga village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taranga village is 1140 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Taranga as per census is 964, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Taranga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Taranga village was 81.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Taranga Male literacy stands at 91.33 % while female literacy rate was 73.86 %.

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

Taranga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	237	-	-
Population	1,143	534	609
Child (0-6)	165	84	81
Schedule Caste	512	253	259
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.90 %	91.33 %	73.86 %
Total Workers	413	253	160
Main Worker	350	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	23	40

Caste Factor

In Taranga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.79 % of total population in Taranga village. The village Taranga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taranga village out of total population, 413 were engaged in work activities. 84.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 413 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.