Gargaon
Palghar block · Palghar
district, Maharashtra · PIN 401501
· village code 552223
Population 2011
963
Census of India
Population 2020
1,021
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.0%
58 people · 0.7% a year
Households
181
0.0% vs 181 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
963
Male / female
481 / 482
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
198
Literacy rate
37.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 959
Working population
471
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.4%
Households
181
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
42
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 10 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khaniwad panchayat, Palghar zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹24.92 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.70 lakh
Received directly
₹7.50 lakh
Spent
₹11.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.32 lakh · received ₹2.14 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹16.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.60 lakh · received ₹3.56 lakh · spent ₹11.03 lakh · left ₹10.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.8018, 72.8289 —
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