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Gherapalgad Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Gherapalgad is a medium size village located in Khed Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 243 families residing. The Gherapalgad village has population of 901 of which 447 are males while 454 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gherapalgad village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 6.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gherapalgad village is 1016 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gherapalgad as per census is 743, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gherapalgad village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gherapalgad village was 74.64 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gherapalgad Male literacy stands at 86.65 % while female literacy rate was 63.08 %.

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

Gherapalgad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 901 447 454
Child (0-6) 61 35 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 74.64 % 86.65 % 63.08 %
Total Workers 440 220 220
Main Worker 438 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.55 % of total population in Gherapalgad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gherapalgad village of Ratnagiri.

Work Profile

In Gherapalgad village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 99.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 394 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.