# Taragun Village, Didihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Didihat, Pithoragarh 

# Taragun

Taragun is a village in Didihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **61 people in 15 households**, the 278th largest of 363 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 61people (2011)
- 15households
- 82.5%literacy
- 1,259females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taragun

Of every 100 households in Taragun in 2011, 100 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 73 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taragun · ■ Didihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**50%

Tap water ****100%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****73%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**69%

Use banking services ****93%**

**86%

Television ****73%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Taragun?

■ Taragun · ■ Didihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1259**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**793

Working population ****50.8%**

**46.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 69.7% for women. 41% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 4 (13%) · **■** Marginal 27 (87%)

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 Didihat

- Malan Charma63 people
- Baira61 people
- Mitra Purmura61 people
- Nag61 people
- Balyani Chaura60 people
- Dhartoli60 people
- Karela60 people
- Naini60 people

[All 376 villages in Didihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/didihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taragun?61 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taragun in?Pithoragarh district (Didihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Taragun?82.5% (Census 2011)