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Degaon Population - Wardha, Maharashtra

Degaon is a medium size village located in Wardha Taluka of Wardha district, Maharashtra with total 447 families residing. The Degaon village has population of 1792 of which 908 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Degaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 9.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Degaon village is 974 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Degaon as per census is 804, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Degaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Degaon village was 87.82 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Degaon Male literacy stands at 94.20 % while female literacy rate was 81.39 %.

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

Degaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 447 - -
Population 1,792 908 884
Child (0-6) 175 97 78
Schedule Caste 390 198 192
Schedule Tribe 274 143 131
Literacy 87.82 % 94.20 % 81.39 %
Total Workers 1,139 595 544
Main Worker 810 - -
Marginal Worker 329 130 199

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.29 % of total population in Degaon village.

Work Profile

In Degaon village out of total population, 1139 were engaged in work activities. 71.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1139 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 638 were Agricultural labourer.