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Higaon Population - Dhule, Maharashtra

Higaon is a medium size village located in Shirpur Taluka of Dhule district, Maharashtra with total 211 families residing. The Higaon village has population of 1371 of which 696 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Higaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 225 which makes up 16.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Higaon village is 970 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Higaon as per census is 844, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Higaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Higaon village was 42.93 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Higaon Male literacy stands at 49.83 % while female literacy rate was 36.01 %.

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

Higaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,371 696 675
Child (0-6) 225 122 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,368 694 674
Literacy 42.93 % 49.83 % 36.01 %
Total Workers 503 322 181
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 13 5 8

Caste Factor

In Higaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.78 % of total population in Higaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Higaon village of Dhule.

Work Profile

In Higaon village out of total population, 503 were engaged in work activities. 97.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 503 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 304 were Agricultural labourer.