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Gargaon Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Gargaon is a large village located in Vada Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 518 families residing. The Gargaon village has population of 2479 of which 1247 are males while 1232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 354 which makes up 14.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gargaon village is 988 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gargaon as per census is 1034, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gargaon village was 67.67 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gargaon Male literacy stands at 76.98 % while female literacy rate was 58.17 %.

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

Gargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 518 - -
Population 2,479 1,247 1,232
Child (0-6) 354 174 180
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 2,037 1,023 1,014
Literacy 67.67 % 76.98 % 58.17 %
Total Workers 1,338 678 660
Main Worker 1,170 - -
Marginal Worker 168 75 93

Caste Factor

In Gargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.20 % of total population in Gargaon village.

Work Profile

In Gargaon village out of total population, 1338 were engaged in work activities. 87.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1338 workers engaged in Main Work, 316 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 776 were Agricultural labourer.