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Vihigaon Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Vihigaon is a medium size village located in Shahapur Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 381 families residing. The Vihigaon village has population of 1830 of which 921 are males while 909 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vihigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 313 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vihigaon village is 987 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vihigaon as per census is 909, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vihigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vihigaon village was 44.50 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vihigaon Male literacy stands at 54.56 % while female literacy rate was 34.47 %.

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

Vihigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,830 921 909
Child (0-6) 313 164 149
Schedule Caste 20 10 10
Schedule Tribe 1,752 881 871
Literacy 44.50 % 54.56 % 34.47 %
Total Workers 1,050 531 519
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 541 263 278

Caste Factor

In Vihigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.09 % of total population in Vihigaon village.

Work Profile

In Vihigaon village out of total population, 1050 were engaged in work activities. 48.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1050 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.