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Vaghasan Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Vaghasan is a large village located in Tharad Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 543 families residing. The Vaghasan village has population of 3543 of which 1858 are males while 1685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vaghasan village population of children with age 0-6 is 689 which makes up 19.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vaghasan village is 907 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Vaghasan as per census is 893, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Vaghasan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Vaghasan village was 56.34 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Vaghasan Male literacy stands at 71.22 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Vaghasan 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 Vaghasan village.

Vaghasan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 543 - -
Population 3,543 1,858 1,685
Child (0-6) 689 364 325
Schedule Caste 397 201 196
Schedule Tribe 5 4 1
Literacy 56.34 % 71.22 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 1,483 876 607
Main Worker 788 - -
Marginal Worker 695 114 581

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.21 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Vaghasan village.

Work Profile

In Vaghasan village out of total population, 1483 were engaged in work activities. 53.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1483 workers engaged in Main Work, 647 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.