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Joshigaon Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Joshigaon is a medium size village located in Lanja Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 159 families residing. The Joshigaon village has population of 703 of which 317 are males while 386 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joshigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joshigaon village is 1218 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Joshigaon as per census is 796, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Joshigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Joshigaon village was 72.03 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Joshigaon Male literacy stands at 86.94 % while female literacy rate was 60.52 %.

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

Joshigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 703 317 386
Child (0-6) 88 49 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.03 % 86.94 % 60.52 %
Total Workers 364 154 210
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 6 1 5

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Joshigaon village of Ratnagiri district.

Work Profile

In Joshigaon village out of total population, 364 were engaged in work activities. 98.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 364 workers engaged in Main Work, 289 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.