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Wedgaon Population - Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Wedgaon is a medium size village located in Gondpipri Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra with total 292 families residing. The Wedgaon village has population of 1180 of which 597 are males while 583 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wedgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 10.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wedgaon village is 977 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wedgaon as per census is 1052, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wedgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wedgaon village was 67.39 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wedgaon Male literacy stands at 78.48 % while female literacy rate was 55.94 %.

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

Wedgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,180 597 583
Child (0-6) 119 58 61
Schedule Caste 195 102 93
Schedule Tribe 152 80 72
Literacy 67.39 % 78.48 % 55.94 %
Total Workers 709 367 342
Main Worker 562 - -
Marginal Worker 147 69 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.88 % of total population in Wedgaon village.

Work Profile

In Wedgaon village out of total population, 709 were engaged in work activities. 79.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 709 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 251 were Agricultural labourer.