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Wakan Population - Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Wakan is a medium size village located in Mahagaon Taluka of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra with total 267 families residing. The Wakan village has population of 1191 of which 603 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakan village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 16.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakan village is 975 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakan as per census is 1108, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wakan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakan village was 67.34 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wakan Male literacy stands at 78.43 % while female literacy rate was 55.67 %.

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

Wakan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 267 - -
Population 1,191 603 588
Child (0-6) 196 93 103
Schedule Caste 150 78 72
Schedule Tribe 44 20 24
Literacy 67.34 % 78.43 % 55.67 %
Total Workers 631 332 299
Main Worker 537 - -
Marginal Worker 94 9 85

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.69 % of total population in Wakan village.

Work Profile

In Wakan village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 85.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 334 were Agricultural labourer.