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Phungus Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Phungus is a medium size village located in Sangameshwar Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 383 families residing. The Phungus village has population of 1420 of which 657 are males while 763 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phungus village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 8.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phungus village is 1161 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Phungus as per census is 1017, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Phungus village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Phungus village was 83.09 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Phungus Male literacy stands at 91.81 % while female literacy rate was 75.68 %.

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

Phungus Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 383 - -
Population 1,420 657 763
Child (0-6) 119 59 60
Schedule Caste 64 31 33
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 83.09 % 91.81 % 75.68 %
Total Workers 605 324 281
Main Worker 426 - -
Marginal Worker 179 79 100

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.35 % of total population in Phungus village.

Work Profile

In Phungus village out of total population, 605 were engaged in work activities. 70.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 605 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 273 were Agricultural labourer.