Gandhinagar is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Talasari taluka.[1]
Gandhinagar | |
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village | |
Coordinates: 20°06′07″N 72°58′32″E / 20.1018539°N 72.9755829°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Palghar |
Taluka | Talasari |
Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,590 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
2011 census code | 551573 |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census of India, Gandhinagar has 494 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 56.3%.[2]
Total | Male | Female | |
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Population | 2590 | 1277 | 1313 |
Children aged below 6 years | 430 | 204 | 226 |
Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scheduled tribe | 2558 | 1258 | 1300 |
Literates | 1216 | 751 | 465 |
Workers (all) | 1284 | 688 | 596 |
Main workers (total) | 1061 | 579 | 482 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 619 | 338 | 281 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 255 | 122 | 133 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Main workers: Other | 181 | 118 | 63 |
Marginal workers (total) | 223 | 109 | 114 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 130 | 50 | 80 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Others | 76 | 46 | 30 |
Non-workers | 1306 | 589 | 717 |
References
edit- ^ "Maharashtra villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ a b "District census data". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.