Kosi Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Kosi is a medium size village located in Kurkheda Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 74 families residing. The Kosi village has population of 291 of which 138 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kosi village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 14.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kosi village is 1109 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Kosi as per census is 1263, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Kosi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Kosi village was 79.03 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Kosi Male literacy stands at 87.39 % while female literacy rate was 71.32 %.

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

Kosi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	74	-	-
Population	291	138	153
Child (0-6)	43	19	24
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	275	132	143
Literacy	79.03 %	87.39 %	71.32 %
Total Workers	176	83	93
Main Worker	82	-	-
Marginal Worker	94	8	86

Caste Factor

In Kosi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.50 % of total population in Kosi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kosi village of Gadchiroli.

Work Profile

In Kosi village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 46.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.