Ghosarwad Population, Caste, Working Data Kolhapur, Maharashtra - Census 2011

Ghosarwad is a village situated in Shirol taluka of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,391 families residing in the village Ghosarwad. The total population of Ghosarwad is 6,615 out of which 3,279 are males and 3,336 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Ghosarwad is 1,017.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Ghosarwad village is 655 which is 10% of the total population. There are 338 male children and 317 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Ghosarwad is 938 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,017) of Ghosarwad village.

Population
6,615
Families
1,391
Literacy
80.69%
Sex Ratio
1,017

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Ghosarwad is 80.7%. Thus Ghosarwad village has higher literacy rate compared to 72.9% of Kolhapur district. The male literacy rate is 87.66% and the female literacy rate is 73.9% in Ghosarwad village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Ghosarwad village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Ghosarwad Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Ghosarwad village.

Total Male Female
Children 655 338 317
Literacy 80.69% 87.66% 73.9%
Scheduled Caste 1,262 600 662
Scheduled Tribe 232 116 116
Illiterate 1,806 701 1,105

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.5% of total population in Ghosarwad village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Ghosarwad village out of total population, 2,396 were engaged in work activities. 87.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,396 workers engaged in Main Work, 933 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 450 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 2,103 1,714 389
Cultivators 933 833 100
Agriculture Labourer 450 282 168
Household Industries 97 73 24
Other Workers 623 526 97
Marginal Workers 293 181 112
Non Working 4,219 1,384 2,835

Nearby Villages to Ghosarwad,

Below are the list of villages near Ghosarwad village in Shirol.

Village Population
Alas 6,616
Takliwadi 3,581
Bubnal 3,154
Takli 5,580
Malwadi 4,025
Rajapur 4,058
Ganeshwadi 1,749
Khidrapur 2,759
Shedshal 4,866
Rajapurwadi 1,088

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