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Dervan Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Dervan is a medium size village located in Chiplun Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 323 families residing. The Dervan village has population of 1364 of which 678 are males while 686 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dervan village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dervan village is 1012 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dervan as per census is 932, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dervan village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dervan village was 83.92 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dervan Male literacy stands at 89.98 % while female literacy rate was 77.97 %.

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

Dervan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,364 678 686
Child (0-6) 114 59 55
Schedule Caste 65 30 35
Schedule Tribe 111 49 62
Literacy 83.92 % 89.98 % 77.97 %
Total Workers 767 406 361
Main Worker 721 - -
Marginal Worker 46 24 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.77 % of total population in Dervan village.

Work Profile

In Dervan village out of total population, 767 were engaged in work activities. 94.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 767 workers engaged in Main Work, 513 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.