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Vihirgaon Population - Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Vihirgaon is a medium size village located in Chimur Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra with total 315 families residing. The Vihirgaon village has population of 1221 of which 606 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vihirgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 10.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vihirgaon village is 1015 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vihirgaon as per census is 1237, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vihirgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vihirgaon village was 70.80 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vihirgaon Male literacy stands at 81.54 % while female literacy rate was 59.96 %.

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

Vihirgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,221 606 615
Child (0-6) 132 59 73
Schedule Caste 289 136 153
Schedule Tribe 742 362 380
Literacy 70.80 % 81.54 % 59.96 %
Total Workers 747 396 351
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 429 151 278

Caste Factor

In Vihirgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 23.67 % of total population in Vihirgaon village.

Work Profile

In Vihirgaon village out of total population, 747 were engaged in work activities. 42.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 747 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.