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Wave Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Wave is a medium size village located in Palghar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 236 families residing. The Wave village has population of 956 of which 482 are males while 474 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wave village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wave village is 983 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wave as per census is 1060, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wave village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wave village was 61.74 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wave Male literacy stands at 73.73 % while female literacy rate was 49.38 %.

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

Wave Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 956 482 474
Child (0-6) 138 67 71
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 830 417 413
Literacy 61.74 % 73.73 % 49.38 %
Total Workers 528 296 232
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 327 118 209

Caste Factor

In Wave village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Wave village.

Work Profile

In Wave village out of total population, 528 were engaged in work activities. 38.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 528 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.