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Taras Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Taras is a medium size village located in Rajkanika Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 287 families residing. The Taras village has population of 1369 of which 653 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taras village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 12.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taras village is 1096 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Taras as per census is 955, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Taras village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Taras village was 88.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Taras Male literacy stands at 92.55 % while female literacy rate was 84.63 %.

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

Taras Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,369 653 716
Child (0-6) 174 89 85
Schedule Caste 259 130 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.37 % 92.55 % 84.63 %
Total Workers 525 364 161
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 209 88 121

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.92 % of total population in Taras village. The village Taras currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Taras village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 60.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.