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Gaurwad Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Gaurwad is a large village located in Shirol Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 547 families residing. The Gaurwad village has population of 2631 of which 1332 are males while 1299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 10.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurwad village is 975 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurwad as per census is 1075, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Gaurwad village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurwad village was 85.77 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Gaurwad Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 79.84 %.

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

Gaurwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 547 - -
Population 2,631 1,332 1,299
Child (0-6) 276 133 143
Schedule Caste 595 291 304
Schedule Tribe 5 4 1
Literacy 85.77 % 91.49 % 79.84 %
Total Workers 952 773 179
Main Worker 893 - -
Marginal Worker 59 16 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.19 % of total population in Gaurwad village.

Work Profile

In Gaurwad village out of total population, 952 were engaged in work activities. 93.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 952 workers engaged in Main Work, 296 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 388 were Agricultural labourer.