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Khoste Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Khoste is a medium size village located in Vikramgad Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 268 families residing. The Khoste village has population of 1169 of which 565 are males while 604 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khoste village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 15.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khoste village is 1069 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Khoste as per census is 1095, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Khoste village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Khoste village was 68.88 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Khoste Male literacy stands at 81.50 % while female literacy rate was 57.03 %.

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

Khoste Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,169 565 604
Child (0-6) 176 84 92
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,161 561 600
Literacy 68.88 % 81.50 % 57.03 %
Total Workers 732 344 388
Main Worker 593 - -
Marginal Worker 139 63 76

Caste Factor

In Khoste village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Khoste village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khoste village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Khoste village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 81.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 332 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 199 were Agricultural labourer.