# Tarku Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Tarku

Tarku is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,856 people in 371 households**, the 4th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,856people (2011)
- 371households
- 83.8%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarku

Of every 100 households in Tarku in 2011, 91 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tarku · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**15%

Tap water ****89%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**70%

Use banking services ****67%**

**60%

Television ****48%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****20%**

**23%

Own their home ****77%**

**79%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tarku?

■ Tarku · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1271**

**975

Working population ****56.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 76.2% for women. 63% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 668 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 228 (22%) · **■** Marginal 99 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Namchi

- Melli2,602 people
- Namphing2,522 people
- Chisopani2,172 people
- Poklok1,768 people
- Mellidara1,670 people
- Parbing1,617 people
- Kamrang1,440 people

[All 98 villages in Namchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/namchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarku?1,856 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarku in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tarku?83.8% (Census 2011)