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Wakal Population - Bhandara, Maharashtra

Wakal is a medium size village located in Lakhani Taluka of Bhandara district, Maharashtra with total 275 families residing. The Wakal village has population of 1210 of which 624 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakal village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 9.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakal village is 939 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakal as per census is 902, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wakal village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakal village was 81.35 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wakal Male literacy stands at 91.30 % while female literacy rate was 70.81 %.

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

Wakal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,210 624 586
Child (0-6) 116 61 55
Schedule Caste 268 137 131
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.35 % 91.30 % 70.81 %
Total Workers 724 371 353
Main Worker 626 - -
Marginal Worker 98 41 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.15 % of total population in Wakal village. The village Wakal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wakal village out of total population, 724 were engaged in work activities. 86.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 724 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 516 were Agricultural labourer.