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Kandavan Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Kandavan is a medium size village located in Shahuwadi Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 232 families residing. The Kandavan village has population of 1158 of which 544 are males while 614 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandavan village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 14.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandavan village is 1129 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandavan as per census is 1371, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Kandavan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandavan village was 53.43 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Kandavan Male literacy stands at 64.98 % while female literacy rate was 42.86 %.

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

Kandavan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 1,158 544 614
Child (0-6) 166 70 96
Schedule Caste 85 37 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.43 % 64.98 % 42.86 %
Total Workers 744 353 391
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 482 164 318

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.34 % of total population in Kandavan village. The village Kandavan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandavan village out of total population, 744 were engaged in work activities. 35.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 744 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.