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Taras Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Taras is a medium size village located in Baijnath Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 109 families residing. The Taras village has population of 460 of which 217 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taras village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taras village is 1120 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Taras as per census is 1308, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Taras village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Taras village was 75.25 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Taras Male literacy stands at 80.10 % while female literacy rate was 70.81 %.

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

Taras Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 460 217 243
Child (0-6) 60 26 34
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 255 119 136
Literacy 75.25 % 80.10 % 70.81 %
Total Workers 189 108 81
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 19 18 1

Caste Factor

In Taras village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.43 % of total population in Taras village.

Work Profile

In Taras village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 89.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.