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Tarang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tarang is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 306 families residing. The Tarang village has population of 1597 of which 807 are males while 790 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarang village population of children with age 0-6 is 243 which makes up 15.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarang village is 979 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarang as per census is 1170, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Tarang village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarang village was 63.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tarang Male literacy stands at 81.87 % while female literacy rate was 44.76 %.

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

Tarang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,597 807 790
Child (0-6) 243 112 131
Schedule Caste 199 101 98
Schedule Tribe 44 24 20
Literacy 63.81 % 81.87 % 44.76 %
Total Workers 922 459 463
Main Worker 506 - -
Marginal Worker 416 144 272

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.46 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.76 % of total population in Tarang village.

Work Profile

In Tarang village out of total population, 922 were engaged in work activities. 54.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 922 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 220 were Agricultural labourer.