Targarh Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Targarh is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 248 families residing. The Targarh village has population of 1245 of which 652 are males while 593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Targarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Targarh village is 910 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Targarh as per census is 928, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Targarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Targarh village was 86.06 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Targarh Male literacy stands at 91.42 % while female literacy rate was 80.15 %.

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

Targarh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	248	-	-
Population	1,245	652	593
Child (0-6)	133	69	64
Schedule Caste	469	259	210
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.06 %	91.42 %	80.15 %
Total Workers	371	344	27
Main Worker	292	-	-
Marginal Worker	79	72	7

Caste Factor

In Targarh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.67 % of total population in Targarh village. The village Targarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Targarh village out of total population, 371 were engaged in work activities. 78.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 371 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.