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Tarka Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Tarka is a medium size village located in Meral (Pipra Kalan) Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 230 families residing. The Tarka village has population of 1114 of which 570 are males while 544 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarka village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 16.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarka village is 954 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarka as per census is 1141, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tarka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarka village was 73.82 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tarka Male literacy stands at 85.57 % while female literacy rate was 61.07 %.

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

Tarka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,114 570 544
Child (0-6) 182 85 97
Schedule Caste 14 5 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.82 % 85.57 % 61.07 %
Total Workers 311 261 50
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 241 216 25

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.26 % of total population in Tarka village. The village Tarka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tarka village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 22.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.