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Shilte Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Shilte is a medium size village located in Palghar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 134 families residing. The Shilte village has population of 605 of which 305 are males while 300 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shilte village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 12.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shilte village is 984 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Shilte as per census is 660, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Shilte village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Shilte village was 69.83 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Shilte Male literacy stands at 79.46 % while female literacy rate was 60.59 %.

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

Shilte Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 605 305 300
Child (0-6) 78 47 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 578 291 287
Literacy 69.83 % 79.46 % 60.59 %
Total Workers 257 180 77
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 81 48 33

Caste Factor

In Shilte village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.54 % of total population in Shilte village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shilte village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Shilte village out of total population, 257 were engaged in work activities. 68.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 257 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.