Cotigao Population - South Goa, Goa

Cotigao is a large village located in Canacona Taluka of South Goa district, Goa with total 510 families residing. The Cotigao village has population of 2640 of which 1336 are males while 1304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cotigao village population of children with age 0-6 is 309 which makes up 11.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cotigao village is 976 which is higher than Goa state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Cotigao as per census is 839, lower than Goa average of 942.

Cotigao village has lower literacy rate compared to Goa. In 2011, literacy rate of Cotigao village was 71.43 % compared to 88.70 % of Goa. In Cotigao Male literacy stands at 79.71 % while female literacy rate was 63.11 %.

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

Cotigao Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	510	-	-
Population	2,640	1,336	1,304
Child (0-6)	309	168	141
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	2,418	1,224	1,194
Literacy	71.43 %	79.71 %	63.11 %
Total Workers	1,387	838	549
Main Worker	1,148	-	-
Marginal Worker	239	117	122

Caste Factor

In Cotigao village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.59 % of total population in Cotigao village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cotigao village of South Goa.

Work Profile

In Cotigao village out of total population, 1387 were engaged in work activities. 82.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1387 workers engaged in Main Work, 923 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.