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Vankas Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Vankas is a large village located in Dahanu Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 713 families residing. The Vankas village has population of 4019 of which 1903 are males while 2116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vankas village population of children with age 0-6 is 878 which makes up 21.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vankas village is 1112 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vankas as per census is 1111, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vankas village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vankas village was 34.67 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vankas Male literacy stands at 47.68 % while female literacy rate was 22.97 %.

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

Vankas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 713 - -
Population 4,019 1,903 2,116
Child (0-6) 878 416 462
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 4,005 1,900 2,105
Literacy 34.67 % 47.68 % 22.97 %
Total Workers 2,072 964 1,108
Main Worker 980 - -
Marginal Worker 1,092 384 708

Caste Factor

In Vankas village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Vankas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Vankas village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Vankas village out of total population, 2072 were engaged in work activities. 47.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2072 workers engaged in Main Work, 466 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 238 were Agricultural labourer.