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Vihighar Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Vihighar is a medium size village located in Panvel Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 249 families residing. The Vihighar village has population of 1175 of which 596 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vihighar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vihighar village is 971 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vihighar as per census is 891, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vihighar village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vihighar village was 79.83 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vihighar Male literacy stands at 88.54 % while female literacy rate was 70.94 %.

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

Vihighar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,175 596 579
Child (0-6) 104 55 49
Schedule Caste 22 9 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.83 % 88.54 % 70.94 %
Total Workers 507 361 146
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 122 59 63

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.87 % of total population in Vihighar village. The village Vihighar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Vihighar village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 75.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.