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Wakan Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Wakan is a medium size village located in Poladpur Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 386 families residing. The Wakan village has population of 1661 of which 810 are males while 851 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakan village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakan village is 1051 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakan as per census is 1121, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wakan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakan village was 77.93 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wakan Male literacy stands at 86.09 % while female literacy rate was 70.09 %.

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

Wakan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 386 - -
Population 1,661 810 851
Child (0-6) 193 91 102
Schedule Caste 72 40 32
Schedule Tribe 171 83 88
Literacy 77.93 % 86.09 % 70.09 %
Total Workers 785 437 348
Main Worker 586 - -
Marginal Worker 199 75 124

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 10.30 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.33 % of total population in Wakan village.

Work Profile

In Wakan village out of total population, 785 were engaged in work activities. 74.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 785 workers engaged in Main Work, 422 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.