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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Agwan
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| settlement_type         = village
| image_skyline           =
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| pushpin_map             = India Maharashtra#India
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|19.9417146|N|72.783597|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Palghar district|Palghar]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Dahanu]]
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| founder                 =
| seat_type               = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_total_km2          =
| elevation_m             = 18
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_total        = 3993
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      =
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->
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| area_code_type          = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] -->
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| blank_name_sec1         = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
| blank_info_sec1         = 551613
| footnotes               =
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'''Agwan''' is a village in the [[Palghar district]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Dahanu]] [[taluka]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Maharashtra.pdf |title=Maharashtra villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |access-date=2015-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095320/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Maharashtra.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Agwan has 741 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 57.29%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/PCA%20CDB-2721-F-Census.xlsx |title=District census data |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |access-date=2015-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002001310/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/PCA%20CDB-2721-F-Census.xlsx |archive-date=2015-10-02 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 3993 || 2018 || 1975
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 619 || 323 || 296
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 2914 || 1483 || 1431
|-
| Literates || 1933 || 1150 || 783
|-
| Workers (all) || 1688 || 997 || 691
|-
| Main workers (total) || 1553 || 906 || 647
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 57 || 35 || 22
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 1008 || 513 || 495
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 4 || 4 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 484 || 354 || 130
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 135 || 91 || 44
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 12 || 7 || 5
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 70 || 42 || 28
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 52 || 41 || 11
|-
| Non-workers || 2305 || 1021 || 1284
|}
== References ==
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{{Dahanu taluka}}
[[Category:Villages in Dahanu taluka]]
{{Palghar-district-geo-stub}}