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Taragaon Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Taragaon is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 42 families residing. The Taragaon village has population of 181 of which 96 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragaon village is 885 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragaon as per census is 2000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Taragaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragaon village was 73.75 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Taragaon Male literacy stands at 82.02 % while female literacy rate was 63.38 %.

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

Taragaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 181 96 85
Child (0-6) 21 7 14
Schedule Caste 83 44 39
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.75 % 82.02 % 63.38 %
Total Workers 113 58 55
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

In Taragaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.86 % of total population in Taragaon village. The village Taragaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taragaon village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 95.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.