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Vikasnagar Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Vikasnagar is a medium size village located in Dahanu Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 337 families residing. The Vikasnagar village has population of 1630 of which 805 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vikasnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 13.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vikasnagar village is 1025 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vikasnagar as per census is 966, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vikasnagar village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vikasnagar village was 64.91 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vikasnagar Male literacy stands at 76.05 % while female literacy rate was 54.14 %.

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

Vikasnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,630 805 825
Child (0-6) 228 116 112
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,569 776 793
Literacy 64.91 % 76.05 % 54.14 %
Total Workers 809 483 326
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 319 111 208

Caste Factor

In Vikasnagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.26 % of total population in Vikasnagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Vikasnagar village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Vikasnagar village out of total population, 809 were engaged in work activities. 60.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 809 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 292 were Agricultural labourer.