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Tharu Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Tharu is a large village located in Tarn Taran Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 509 families residing. The Tharu village has population of 2503 of which 1321 are males while 1182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tharu village population of children with age 0-6 is 284 which makes up 11.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tharu village is 895 which is equal than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Tharu as per census is 906, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Tharu village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Tharu village was 75.35 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Tharu Male literacy stands at 81.57 % while female literacy rate was 68.39 %.

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

Tharu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 509 - -
Population 2,503 1,321 1,182
Child (0-6) 284 149 135
Schedule Caste 890 479 411
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.35 % 81.57 % 68.39 %
Total Workers 840 685 155
Main Worker 731 - -
Marginal Worker 109 56 53

Caste Factor

In Tharu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.56 % of total population in Tharu village. The village Tharu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tharu village out of total population, 840 were engaged in work activities. 87.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 840 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.