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Taragarh Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Taragarh is a large village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 536 families residing. The Taragarh village has population of 2768 of which 1393 are males while 1375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 318 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragarh village is 987 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragarh as per census is 1065, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Taragarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragarh village was 82.57 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Taragarh Male literacy stands at 88.30 % while female literacy rate was 76.71 %.

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

Taragarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 536 - -
Population 2,768 1,393 1,375
Child (0-6) 318 154 164
Schedule Caste 717 354 363
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.57 % 88.30 % 76.71 %
Total Workers 865 647 218
Main Worker 525 - -
Marginal Worker 340 188 152

Caste Factor

Taragarh village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.90 % of total population in Taragarh village. The village Taragarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taragarh village out of total population, 865 were engaged in work activities. 60.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 865 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.