Jalwai Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Jalwai is a medium size village located in Dahanu Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 306 families residing. The Jalwai village has population of 1405 of which 632 are males while 773 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 310 which makes up 22.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalwai village is 1223 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalwai as per census is 950, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Jalwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalwai village was 40.73 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Jalwai Male literacy stands at 57.72 % while female literacy rate was 27.81 %.

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

Jalwai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	306	-	-
Population	1,405	632	773
Child (0-6)	310	159	151
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,382	619	763
Literacy	40.73 %	57.72 %	27.81 %
Total Workers	484	282	202
Main Worker	467	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	6	11

Caste Factor

In Jalwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.36 % of total population in Jalwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalwai village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Jalwai village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 96.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 427 were Agricultural labourer.