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Chanwad Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Chanwad is a medium size village located in Shahuwadi Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 418 families residing. The Chanwad village has population of 1757 of which 842 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 13.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanwad village is 1087 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanwad as per census is 1231, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chanwad village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanwad village was 83.74 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chanwad Male literacy stands at 90.92 % while female literacy rate was 77.00 %.

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

Chanwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 418 - -
Population 1,757 842 915
Child (0-6) 232 104 128
Schedule Caste 318 163 155
Schedule Tribe 47 25 22
Literacy 83.74 % 90.92 % 77.00 %
Total Workers 687 422 265
Main Worker 624 - -
Marginal Worker 63 32 31

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.68 % of total population in Chanwad village.

Work Profile

In Chanwad village out of total population, 687 were engaged in work activities. 90.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 687 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.