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Bhom Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Bhom is a medium size village located in Chiplun Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 424 families residing. The Bhom village has population of 1623 of which 768 are males while 855 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhom village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 8.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhom village is 1113 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhom as per census is 880, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Bhom village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhom village was 84.41 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Bhom Male literacy stands at 94.52 % while female literacy rate was 75.54 %.

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

Bhom Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 424 - -
Population 1,623 768 855
Child (0-6) 141 75 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 84.41 % 94.52 % 75.54 %
Total Workers 642 363 279
Main Worker 591 - -
Marginal Worker 51 27 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.31 % of total population in Bhom village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhom village of Ratnagiri.

Work Profile

In Bhom village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 92.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 290 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.