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Gorthan Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Gorthan is a medium size village located in Jawhar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 220 families residing. The Gorthan village has population of 932 of which 468 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 12.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorthan village is 991 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorthan as per census is 638, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gorthan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorthan village was 66.18 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gorthan Male literacy stands at 75.44 % while female literacy rate was 57.38 %.

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

Gorthan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 932 468 464
Child (0-6) 113 69 44
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 903 452 451
Literacy 66.18 % 75.44 % 57.38 %
Total Workers 520 245 275
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 138 67 71

Caste Factor

In Gorthan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.54 % of total population in Gorthan village.

Work Profile

In Gorthan village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 73.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.