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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vangaon
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_label_position = Right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|19|52|N|72|45|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Palghar district|Palghar]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Dahanu]]
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
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| population_total = 7649
| population_as_of = 2011
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 401 103
| area_code = 02528
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = MH
| blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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| website = {{URL|maharashtra.gov.in}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]
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'''Vangaon''' 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>

== 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 govt operated industrial training institute, providing training for various industry courses such as, welding, turning, CNC machine 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 [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] is the most-popular festival in Maharashtra. [[Navaratri festival]]s are organized by Navratri Mahotsav Mandal and [[Jatra (theatre)|Jatras]] are organized every year at the Mahadev Temple at Datta Mandir during [[Datta Jayanti]]. Festivals are also organized at Hanuman Mandir during [[Hanuman Jayanti]].

Vangaon has a weekly Sunday market offering groceries, apparel, and food items.

== Cuisine ==
Vangaon is well known for ''chikoo'', made from [[sapodilla]] fruit, [[capsicum]], [[tomato]]es and [[coconut]]s.

== Industrial area and power stations ==
[[Tarapur, Maharashtra|Tarapur]] [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation]] (MIDC), [[Tarapur Atomic Power Station]], and a [[Reliance Energy]] thermal power station are located near the village. Tarapur MIDC hosts specialty chemicals, bulk pharmaceuticals, steel, alloy, and textile manufacturing companies.

== Public transport ==
The primary modes of transportation are trains, auto rickshaws and state transport buses ([[Maharashtra State Transport Corporation]]).

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Vangaon has 1,645 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 82.4%.<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 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| 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 ==
{{reflist}}

{{Dahanu taluka}}

[[Category:Villages in Dahanu taluka]]

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