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Dewood Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Dewood is a medium size village located in Ratnagiri Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 426 families residing. The Dewood village has population of 1925 of which 884 are males while 1041 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewood village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 9.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewood village is 1178 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewood as per census is 734, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dewood village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewood village was 75.46 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dewood Male literacy stands at 87.23 % while female literacy rate was 65.97 %.

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

Dewood Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 426 - -
Population 1,925 884 1,041
Child (0-6) 189 109 80
Schedule Caste 58 27 31
Schedule Tribe 16 9 7
Literacy 75.46 % 87.23 % 65.97 %
Total Workers 1,112 505 607
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 607 143 464

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.83 % of total population in Dewood village.

Work Profile

In Dewood village out of total population, 1112 were engaged in work activities. 45.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1112 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 206 were Agricultural labourer.