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Gilgaon Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Gilgaon is a medium size village located in Chamorshi Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 365 families residing. The Gilgaon village has population of 1437 of which 733 are males while 704 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gilgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gilgaon village is 960 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gilgaon as per census is 685, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gilgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gilgaon village was 70.78 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gilgaon Male literacy stands at 79.35 % while female literacy rate was 62.21 %.

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

Gilgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,437 733 704
Child (0-6) 150 89 61
Schedule Caste 7 4 3
Schedule Tribe 286 150 136
Literacy 70.78 % 79.35 % 62.21 %
Total Workers 877 436 441
Main Worker 364 - -
Marginal Worker 513 234 279

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 19.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.49 % of total population in Gilgaon village.

Work Profile

In Gilgaon village out of total population, 877 were engaged in work activities. 41.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 877 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.