Shil Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Shil is a medium size village located in Vikramgad Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 267 families residing. The Shil village has population of 1165 of which 579 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shil village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 15.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shil village is 1012 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Shil as per census is 1082, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Shil village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Shil village was 64.17 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Shil Male literacy stands at 73.08 % while female literacy rate was 55.26 %.

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

Shil Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	267	-	-
Population	1,165	579	586
Child (0-6)	177	85	92
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	909	448	461
Literacy	64.17 %	73.08 %	55.26 %
Total Workers	636	362	274
Main Worker	458	-	-
Marginal Worker	178	77	101

Caste Factor

In Shil village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.03 % of total population in Shil village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shil village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Shil village out of total population, 636 were engaged in work activities. 72.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 636 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.