Ta Hsi, with an area of 105 square kilometers, and a population close to 6,200, has 12 primary schools and 3 junior middle schools, in addition to such modern facilities as a health station, telecommunications office, post office, water plant, forestry office and power transformer station.
大溪全鎮面積為一○五平方公里，目前居民有六萬一千九百七十二人，鎮上有國民小學十二所，國中三所，衛生所、電信局、郵局、自來水廠、山林管理所、變電所等也都一應俱全，對外聯絡交通十分方便，故民風雖保持農民純樸本色，卻絕不閉塞。