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Taragan Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Taragan is a large village located in Umarkote Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 435 families residing. The Taragan village has population of 2062 of which 1035 are males while 1027 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragan village population of children with age 0-6 is 428 which makes up 20.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragan village is 992 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragan as per census is 814, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Taragan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragan village was 44.86 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Taragan Male literacy stands at 59.20 % while female literacy rate was 31.14 %.

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

Taragan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 435 - -
Population 2,062 1,035 1,027
Child (0-6) 428 236 192
Schedule Caste 129 58 71
Schedule Tribe 1,238 634 604
Literacy 44.86 % 59.20 % 31.14 %
Total Workers 1,168 573 595
Main Worker 434 - -
Marginal Worker 734 165 569

Caste Factor

In Taragan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.26 % of total population in Taragan village.

Work Profile

In Taragan village out of total population, 1168 were engaged in work activities. 37.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1168 workers engaged in Main Work, 357 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.