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Rachol Population - South Goa, Goa

Rachol is a medium size village located in Salcete Taluka of South Goa district, Goa with total 382 families residing. The Rachol village has population of 1686 of which 827 are males while 859 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rachol village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 9.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rachol village is 1039 which is higher than Goa state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Rachol as per census is 987, higher than Goa average of 942.

Rachol village has lower literacy rate compared to Goa. In 2011, literacy rate of Rachol village was 85.56 % compared to 88.70 % of Goa. In Rachol Male literacy stands at 92.79 % while female literacy rate was 78.64 %.

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

Rachol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 382 - -
Population 1,686 827 859
Child (0-6) 155 78 77
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,209 586 623
Literacy 85.56 % 92.79 % 78.64 %
Total Workers 507 332 175
Main Worker 428 - -
Marginal Worker 79 52 27

Caste Factor

In Rachol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.71 % of total population in Rachol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rachol village of South Goa.

Work Profile

In Rachol village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 84.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.