5. JAWHAR
• State : Maharashtra
• District : Thane
• Elevation : 447m (1,467ft)
• Population : 11,296 (as per 2001 census)
• Language : Marathi
• Literacy rate : 72%
• Community : Warli community
• Main Occupation : farming for 4 months
• Other occupation : labor work for other 8 months
• Main crop : rice, cashew nut, mango
• Specialty : tourism , hill station ( mini Mahabaleshwar of thane district)
WARLI PAINTING
• Other than this Dashera is the festival worth attending, as it is
celebrated with great enthusiasm..
6. Jawahar is a hill station in
Thane district of Maharashtra,
gifted with exotic valleys, thick
forests and pleasant climate.
Jawahar offers beautiful
experience comparing to other
hill stations in Maharashtra.
Tourists can explore the place
by visiting Jai villas, the palace of
the tribal lords that offers a
unique opportunities to expose
and enlighten with the tribal way
of life.
12. Tribal Communities:
• Tribal communities in Maharashtra account for 73 lakh population
comprising 47 tribes confined in 75 talukas of 15 districts.
•Out of this population, Thane district has 951000 tribal population.
Jawhar taluka comprise 100% tribal population of 131346.
Anthropological evidences suggest that many of these tribes are of
Dravidian ancestry. Brief description of native tribal communities in
Jawhar is as under.
13. Qualitative Classification
1. Mahadev Koli: Account for 2.3% tribal population.
This is the most progressive tribe in the region and characterized
by lesser addiction, maximum literacy, maximum % of land ownership
and better financial resources.
Construction of Morpakhi house is sharply district than other tribes’
houses.
14. 2. Konkana: About 50% individuals hold ownership
land, literacy lesser than Mahadeo Kolis.
Community comprises 25-30% total population in
the region. House is mostly Chowpakhi.
15. 3. Warli: This community is famous due to unique
paintings.
Literacy % is about 50, 40% of the population
members hold land ownership and account for about 20% total
population.
This tribe can be distinguished from Konkana
due to their style of wearing knee length clothes.
Their house is either Chowpakhi or Dupakhi.
16. 4. Thakar: Cover about 50% of total tribal population in Jawhar
Literacy % and land ownership % is about 25 and 40
respectively.
This tribe has two sub-tribes viz. K & M due to difference in intra-
tribe speech accent.
This tribe has more domestic cattle than their counterparts.
5.Dhorkoli and Katkari: These primitive tribes account for about
46%, maximum individuals illiterate and landless of pastoral origin.
These tribes are considered too backward since they do not
have own source of permanent income, living in hutments, consuming
rats, dead cattle etc. in routine diet
17. Agro-climatic condition
Sl.No. Agro-Climatic Component Description
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1. Average Rainfall and number of Rainy Days 2263 mm and 110-120
respectively
2. Potential Cropping Period. 150-180 days.
3. Kharif Temperatur e (Min and Max) 22.7 C & 32.8 C respectively.
4. Rabi Temperature (Min and Max) 4.7 C & 33.0 C respectively.
5. Summer Temperature (Min and Max) 23.9 C & 35.0 C respectively.
6. Humidity % (Kharif, Rabi & Summer) 82.75, 61.75 & 42.25
respectively.
7. Soil type with depth and slope. Stony (3”, 5%), Sandy Loam
(6”-8”,
5-10%), Clay Loam (12”-18”, 0-
1%)
8. Electrical Conductivity of soil. 0.00365 mm hos, Acidic.
9. P2O5/100 gm. soil 6.7, Medium High.
10. K2O/100 gm. Soil 23.30 Medium High. 23.30 medium high
11. Soil Erodibility. e & e due to
high average and high rainfall.
18. Description of Agro -eco System in Jawhar Taluka
Sl.No. LandStretch Kharif Rabi
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1. Upland NIL Natural Grasses
e.g. Ain, Teak, Sadada and Khair
2. Slopy Land
Nagali, Varai, Cowpea ,Blackgram
NIL
Khurasani, Jowr, Ambadi as
mixed cropping
Paddy & Very little
3.low land NIL Moranthus
Soil is reddish in colour, light, with very poor water retention capacity. Lands are mostly
sloping
19. •About 95% production is Jawhar block is agro based.
•However, crops are not sufficient to garner any notable monetary gains.
•The cultivation is undertaken with limited objectives of satisfying
family needs of food.
•It is undertaken with wholly traditional means using wooden plough,
Aathwal, Kudal etc.
20. LOCAL MATERIALS
When we talk about the locally available materials
we find
· Bricks
· Mud
· Straws
· Bamboo sticks
They have a common style of housing seen throughout Jawhar.
Their house is made of bricks with mud thatched on it.
They even have straws with mud or cow dung thatched over it
with a very common sloping Mangalore tiled roof.
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22. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF JAWHAR...
SR. NO Population characteristics Jawhar block
1 Total population 131346, All rural
2 M:F 1000:1007
3 % Population of children up 20.89
to 6 years
4 % SC Population 0.36
5 %ST Population 93.52
6 % Male Literacy 27.72
7 % Female Literacy 11.24
8 Number of Households 25049
9 Average family size 4.7
10 %Households with Female 3.3
Head of Family
11 Avg % BPL Families 78.3
12 Average age of Bride & 12 & 15 yrs
Groom respectively
13 Age at First Delivery 13-14 yrs
23. ANALYSIS:
•Population in Jawhar comprise mostly ST people depending on agriculture as
primary source of income either through own cultivation or farm laborers
•Most individuals are BPL and illiterate.
•Females outnumber Males although their literacy is lesser than males.
