Vangaon
Vangaon | ||
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Village | ||
Vidhan Sabha constituency Palghar | | |
Website | maharashtra |
Vangaon is a village in the
Education
The Vangaon Educational Society operates various educational institutions in Vangaon:
- Baijnathsingh Mahadevsingh Thakur English Medium School – nursery to Standard 10
- Jagmohan Mahadevsingh Thakur High school – offers Standard 5 to Standard 10, with hostel facilities for Aadivasi students
- Rajendrasingh Thakur College
- There is one government-operated industrial training institute, providing training for various industry courses such as welding, turning, CNC machines, etc.
Students across the district enroll in this institute to gain technical and practical knowledge.
Culture
There are public temples in Vangaon such as Mahadev, Hanuman Temple, Dattatraya, as well as two private temples Radha Raman Mandir & Gayatri Mandir.
Several festivals are celebrated in the village. Ganeshotsav or
Vangaon has a weekly Sunday market offering groceries, apparel, and food items.
Cuisine
Vangaon is well known for chikoo, made from
.Industrial area and power stations
Public transport
The primary modes of transportation are trains, auto rickshaws, and state transport buses (
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Vangaon has 1,645 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of the population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 82.4%.[2]
Total | Male | Female | |
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Population | 7649 | 3950 | 3699 |
Children aged below 6 years | 909 | 463 | 446 |
Scheduled caste |
231 | 131 | 100 |
Scheduled tribe |
2629 | 1317 | 1312 |
Literates | 5554 | 3083 | 2471 |
Workers (all) | 3048 | 2198 | 850 |
Main workers (total) | 2757 | 2014 | 743 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 188 | 138 | 50 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 575 | 330 | 245 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 198 | 134 | 64 |
Main workers: Other | 1796 | 1412 | 384 |
Marginal workers (total) | 291 | 184 | 107 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 64 | 35 | 29 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 84 | 54 | 30 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 13 | 8 | 5 |
Marginal workers: Others | 130 | 87 | 43 |
Non-workers | 4601 | 1752 | 2849 |
References
- ^ "Maharashtra villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 17 August 2015.