Kosam Population - Surat, Gujarat

Kosam is a medium size village located in Olpad Taluka of Surat district, Gujarat with total 326 families residing. The Kosam village has population of 1412 of which 716 are males while 696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kosam village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kosam village is 972 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Kosam as per census is 1141, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Kosam village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Kosam village was 83.86 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Kosam Male literacy stands at 90.44 % while female literacy rate was 76.94 %.

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

Kosam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	326	-	-
Population	1,412	716	696
Child (0-6)	167	78	89
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	478	238	240
Literacy	83.86 %	90.44 %	76.94 %
Total Workers	747	469	278
Main Worker	445	-	-
Marginal Worker	302	126	176

Caste Factor

Kosam village of Surat has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 33.85 % of total population in Kosam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kosam village of Surat.

Work Profile

In Kosam village out of total population, 747 were engaged in work activities. 59.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 747 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.