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Garjan Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Garjan is a medium size village located in Karvir Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 258 families residing. The Garjan village has population of 1229 of which 636 are males while 593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garjan village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 10.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garjan village is 932 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Garjan as per census is 922, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Garjan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Garjan village was 74.50 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Garjan Male literacy stands at 86.71 % while female literacy rate was 61.42 %.

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

Garjan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,229 636 593
Child (0-6) 123 64 59
Schedule Caste 301 153 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.50 % 86.71 % 61.42 %
Total Workers 689 371 318
Main Worker 677 - -
Marginal Worker 12 6 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.49 % of total population in Garjan village. The village Garjan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garjan village out of total population, 689 were engaged in work activities. 98.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 689 workers engaged in Main Work, 526 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.