{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Achchhad | other_name = Achchad, Achad | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India | coordinates = {{coord|20.2180547|N|72.8692711|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 = [[Talasari]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = [[Panchayat]] | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 42 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 2770 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --> | postal_code = | area_code_type = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] --> | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code | blank_info_sec1 = 551532 | footnotes = }} '''Achchhad''' is a village in the [[Palghar district]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Talasari]] [[taluka]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Maharashtra.pdf |title=Maharashtra villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |accessdate=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]], Achchhad has 599 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 63.93%.<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 |accessdate=2015-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002001310/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/PCA%20CDB-2721-F-Census.xlsx |archivedate=2015-10-02 }}</ref> ! !! Total !! Male !! Female |- | Population || 2770 || 1355 || 1415 |- | Children aged below 6 years || 447 || 233 || 214 |- | [[Scheduled caste]] || 12 || 6 || 6 |- | [[Scheduled tribe]] || 2213 || 1048 || 1165 |- | Literates || 1485 || 847 || 638 |- | Workers (all) || 1058 || 691 || 367 |- | Main workers (total) || 808 || 582 || 226 |- | Main workers: Cultivators || 125 || 113 || 12 |- | Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 129 || 36 || 93 |- | Main workers: Household industry workers || 16 || 8 || 8 |- | Main workers: Other || 538 || 425 || 113 |- | Marginal workers (total) || 250 || 109 || 141 |- | Marginal workers: Cultivators || 68 || 34 || 34 |- | Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 57 || 12 || 45 |- | Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | Marginal workers: Others || 124 || 62 || 62 |- | Non-workers || 1712 || 664 || 1048 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Talasari taluka}}
[[Category:Villages in Talasari taluka]]