Tarku Population, Caste, Working Data South District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Tarku is a village situated in Namchi sub-division of South District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 371 families residing in the village Tarku. The total population of Tarku is 1,856 out of which 949 are males and 907 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Tarku is 956.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Tarku village is 193 which is 10% of the total population. There are 85 male children and 108 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Tarku is 1,271 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (956) of Tarku village.

Population
1,856
Families
371
Literacy
83.76%
Sex Ratio
956

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Tarku is 83.8%. Thus Tarku village has higher literacy rate compared to 72.7% of South District district. The male literacy rate is 90.74% and the female literacy rate is 76.22% in Tarku village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Tarku village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Tarku Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Tarku village.

Total Male Female
Children 193 85 108
Literacy 83.76% 90.74% 76.22%
Scheduled Caste 136 61 75
Scheduled Tribe 239 119 120
Illiterate 463 165 298

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.9% of total population in Tarku village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Tarku village out of total population, 1,046 were engaged in work activities. 90.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,046 workers engaged in Main Work, 668 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 947 543 404
Cultivators 668 359 309
Agriculture Labourer 44 28 16
Household Industries 7 5 2
Other Workers 228 151 77
Marginal Workers 99 51 48
Non Working 810 355 455

Nearby Villages to Tarku,

Below are the list of villages near Tarku village in Namchi.

Village Population
Temi 1,195
Tanak 857
Temi Tea Estate 1,323
Pabong 541
Aifaltar 289
Doring 1,064
Gangchung 546
Rashyap 1,129
Tokdey 487
Namphing 2,522

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