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Taraju Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Taraju is a medium size village located in Lakhanpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 313 families residing. The Taraju village has population of 1394 of which 705 are males while 689 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taraju village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 15.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taraju village is 977 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Taraju as per census is 930, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Taraju village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Taraju village was 59.20 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Taraju Male literacy stands at 70.56 % while female literacy rate was 47.68 %.

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

Taraju Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,394 705 689
Child (0-6) 220 114 106
Schedule Caste 246 125 121
Schedule Tribe 283 149 134
Literacy 59.20 % 70.56 % 47.68 %
Total Workers 773 400 373
Main Worker 315 - -
Marginal Worker 458 161 297

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.30 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.65 % of total population in Taraju village.

Work Profile

In Taraju village out of total population, 773 were engaged in work activities. 40.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 773 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.