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Gangapur Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Gangapur is a medium size village located in Jawhar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 133 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 636 of which 328 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 15.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 939 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 661, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gangapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 45.35 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 51.67 % while female literacy rate was 39.03 %.

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

Gangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 636 328 308
Child (0-6) 98 59 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 632 328 304
Literacy 45.35 % 51.67 % 39.03 %
Total Workers 333 167 166
Main Worker 297 - -
Marginal Worker 36 20 16

Caste Factor

In Gangapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Gangapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gangapur village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Gangapur village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 89.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 285 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.