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Bhumkan Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Bhumkan is a medium size village located in Etapalli Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 69 families residing. The Bhumkan village has population of 458 of which 244 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhumkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 17.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhumkan village is 877 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhumkan as per census is 612, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Bhumkan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhumkan village was 75.20 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Bhumkan Male literacy stands at 82.56 % while female literacy rate was 67.39 %.

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

Bhumkan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 458 244 214
Child (0-6) 79 49 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 436 238 198
Literacy 75.20 % 82.56 % 67.39 %
Total Workers 251 127 124
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 18 10 8

Caste Factor

In Bhumkan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.20 % of total population in Bhumkan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhumkan village of Gadchiroli.

Work Profile

In Bhumkan village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 92.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.