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Whel Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Whel is a medium size village located in Lanja Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 261 families residing. The Whel village has population of 1167 of which 535 are males while 632 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Whel village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Whel village is 1181 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Whel as per census is 877, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Whel village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Whel village was 70.87 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Whel Male literacy stands at 82.47 % while female literacy rate was 61.44 %.

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

Whel Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,167 535 632
Child (0-6) 137 73 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.87 % 82.47 % 61.44 %
Total Workers 642 284 358
Main Worker 411 - -
Marginal Worker 231 40 191

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Whel village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 64.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 331 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.