Dabhale

Dabhale
village
Dabhale Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Dabhale Dabhale (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 19°53′03″N72°47′01″E / 19.8841494°N 72.783597°E / 19.8841494; 72.783597
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Taluka	Dahanu
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,328
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code	551737

Dabhale is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Dahanu taluka. ^[1]

The name Dabhale is derived from darbha , the Sanskrit word for a type of grass. ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Dabhale has 259 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 52.19%. ^[3]

Demographics (2011 Census) ^[3]

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1328	677	651
Children aged below 6 years	211	109	102
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	1268	646	622
Literates	583	364	219
Workers (all)	656	386	270
Main workers (total)	438	284	154
Main workers: Cultivators	28	17	11
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	273	163	110
Main workers: Household industry workers	4	3	1
Main workers: Other	133	101	32
Marginal workers (total)	218	102	116
Marginal workers: Cultivators	59	30	29
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	103	39	64
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	13	6	7
Marginal workers: Others	43	27	16
Non-workers	672	291	381

References

1. "Maharashtra villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
2. Dipesh Karmarkar (2012). "Understanding Place Names in 'Mahikavati's Bakhar': A Case of Mumbai-Thane Region". Studies in Indian Place Names. XXXI. Mysore: Place Names Society of India: 128. ISSN   2394-3114.
3. "District census data". 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.