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Argaon Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Argaon is a medium size village located in Lanja Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 157 families residing. The Argaon village has population of 522 of which 251 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Argaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 6.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Argaon village is 1080 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Argaon as per census is 895, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Argaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Argaon village was 83.54 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Argaon Male literacy stands at 93.97 % while female literacy rate was 74.02 %.

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

Argaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 522 251 271
Child (0-6) 36 19 17
Schedule Caste 118 61 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.54 % 93.97 % 74.02 %
Total Workers 265 130 135
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 19 9 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.61 % of total population in Argaon village. The village Argaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Argaon village out of total population, 265 were engaged in work activities. 92.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 265 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.