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Gavan Population - Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Gavan is a medium size village located in Vengurla Taluka of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra with total 212 families residing. The Gavan village has population of 851 of which 404 are males while 447 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gavan village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 6.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gavan village is 1106 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gavan as per census is 893, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gavan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gavan village was 81.70 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gavan Male literacy stands at 91.22 % while female literacy rate was 73.22 %.

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

Gavan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 851 404 447
Child (0-6) 53 28 25
Schedule Caste 250 118 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.70 % 91.22 % 73.22 %
Total Workers 261 223 38
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 68 59 9

Caste Factor

Gavan village of Sindhudurg has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.38 % of total population in Gavan village. The village Gavan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gavan village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 73.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.