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Vakas Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Vakas is a medium size village located in Karjat Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 271 families residing. The Vakas village has population of 1408 of which 736 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vakas village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vakas village is 913 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Vakas as per census is 742, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Vakas village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Vakas village was 75.63 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Vakas Male literacy stands at 82.79 % while female literacy rate was 68.00 %.

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

Vakas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,408 736 672
Child (0-6) 169 97 72
Schedule Caste 53 26 27
Schedule Tribe 244 119 125
Literacy 75.63 % 82.79 % 68.00 %
Total Workers 775 421 354
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 354 153 201

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.33 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.76 % of total population in Vakas village.

Work Profile

In Vakas village out of total population, 775 were engaged in work activities. 54.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 775 workers engaged in Main Work, 181 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.