Dahigaon


Dahigaon is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Dahanu taluka. Dahigaon is famous for its Jain Temple.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Dahigaon has 179 households. The effective literacy rate is 37.59%.
TotalMaleFemale
Population655306349
Children aged below 6 years914744
Scheduled caste000
Scheduled tribe655306349
Literates21213478
Workers 358158200
Main workers 1809981
Main workers: Cultivators1427369
Main workers: Agricultural labourers332211
Main workers: Household industry workers000
Main workers: Other541
Marginal workers 17859119
Marginal workers: Cultivators884048
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers881969
Marginal workers: Household industry workers000
Marginal workers: Others202
Non-workers297148149

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 and a 9 feet tall idol made of panch-dhatu dedicated to Rishabh dev.