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Waghangaon Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Waghangaon is a medium size village located in Lanja Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 184 families residing. The Waghangaon village has population of 765 of which 355 are males while 410 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Waghangaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Waghangaon village is 1155 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Waghangaon as per census is 805, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Waghangaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Waghangaon village was 86.11 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Waghangaon Male literacy stands at 93.95 % while female literacy rate was 79.58 %.

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

Waghangaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 765 355 410
Child (0-6) 74 41 33
Schedule Caste 60 30 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.11 % 93.95 % 79.58 %
Total Workers 446 205 241
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 426 192 234

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.84 % of total population in Waghangaon village. The village Waghangaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Waghangaon village out of total population, 446 were engaged in work activities. 4.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 446 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.