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Gowade Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Gowade is a medium size village located in Palghar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 207 families residing. The Gowade village has population of 1042 of which 521 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowade village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowade village is 1000 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowade as per census is 947, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gowade village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowade village was 76.40 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gowade Male literacy stands at 82.92 % while female literacy rate was 69.93 %.

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

Gowade Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,042 521 521
Child (0-6) 148 76 72
Schedule Caste 19 7 12
Schedule Tribe 623 310 313
Literacy 76.40 % 82.92 % 69.93 %
Total Workers 497 286 211
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 252 128 124

Caste Factor

In Gowade village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.79 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.82 % of total population in Gowade village.

Work Profile

In Gowade village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 49.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.