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Wak Population - Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Wak is a medium size village located in Malwan Taluka of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra with total 124 families residing. The Wak village has population of 481 of which 248 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wak village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 6.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wak village is 940 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wak as per census is 722, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wak village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wak village was 85.11 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wak Male literacy stands at 85.22 % while female literacy rate was 85.00 %.

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

Wak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 481 248 233
Child (0-6) 31 18 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.11 % 85.22 % 85.00 %
Total Workers 258 166 92
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 75 16 59

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Wak village of Sindhudurg district.

Work Profile

In Wak village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 70.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.