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Wadegaon Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Wadegaon is a large village located in Kurkheda Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 474 families residing. The Wadegaon village has population of 2401 of which 1225 are males while 1176 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wadegaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wadegaon village is 960 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Wadegaon as per census is 1184, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Wadegaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Wadegaon village was 87.17 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Wadegaon Male literacy stands at 94.24 % while female literacy rate was 79.63 %.

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

Wadegaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 474 - -
Population 2,401 1,225 1,176
Child (0-6) 249 114 135
Schedule Caste 301 143 158
Schedule Tribe 1,507 775 732
Literacy 87.17 % 94.24 % 79.63 %
Total Workers 1,163 604 559
Main Worker 294 - -
Marginal Worker 869 389 480

Caste Factor

In Wadegaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.54 % of total population in Wadegaon village.

Work Profile

In Wadegaon village out of total population, 1163 were engaged in work activities. 25.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1163 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.