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Village in Jalgaon district

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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{about|the village in Palghar district|the village in Solapur district|Dahigaon, Solapur district}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2019}}
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| name = Dahigaon
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Palghar district|Palghar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Dahanu]]
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'''Dahigaon''' 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 }}</ref> Dahigaon is famous for its Jain Temple.

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Dahigaon has 179 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 37.59%.<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 || 655 || 306 || 349
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 91 || 47 || 44
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
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| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 655 || 306 || 349
|-
| Literates || 212 || 134 || 78
|-
| Workers (all) || 358 || 158 || 200
|-
| Main workers (total) || 180 || 99 || 81
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 142 || 73 || 69
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 33 || 22 || 11
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 5 || 4 || 1
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 178 || 59 || 119
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 88 || 40 || 48
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 88 || 19 || 69
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| Non-workers || 297 || 148 || 149
|}

==About Temple==
'''Shri 1008 Mahavir Swami Digambar Jain Atisha Kshetra''' was built around 200 years ago by Jain muni Mahatisagarji. The moolnayak of this temple is a 5 feet black colored idol of Mahavir Swami in Padmasana posture. Idols of other tirthankars are also present here along with 18 feet idol of Bahubali in ''kayotsarga'' (Standing posture) and a 9 feet tall idol made of ''panch-dhatu'' (5 metal) dedicated to Rishabh dev.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jaintirthyatra.com/Tirth-Details/236/Shri_1008_Mahavir_Swami_Digambar_Jain_Atishay_Kshetra_Dahigaon.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021175935/http://www.jaintirthyatra.com/Tirth-Details/236/Shri_1008_Mahavir_Swami_Digambar_Jain_Atishay_Kshetra_Dahigaon.aspx |archive-date=21 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dahanu taluka}}

[[Category:Villages in Dahanu taluka]]

{{Palghar-district-geo-stub}}

Dahigaon - Revision history

Simba: Village in Jalgaon district

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