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Taragan Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Taragan is a medium size village located in Kodinga Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Taragan village has population of 1703 of which 878 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Taragan village population of children with age 0-6 is 295 which makes up 17.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Taragan village is 940 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Taragan as per census is 1034, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Taragan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Taragan village was 37.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Taragan Male literacy stands at 48.16 % while female literacy rate was 26.22 %.

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 361 - -
Population 1,703 878 825
Child (0-6) 295 145 150
Schedule Caste 297 153 144
Schedule Tribe 1,006 516 490
Literacy 37.64 % 48.16 % 26.22 %
Total Workers 686 445 241
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 279 78 201

Caste Factor

In Taragan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.07 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.44 % of total population in Taragan village.

Work Profile

In Taragan village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 59.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.