Thane: An 11-year-old girl studying at a government-run ashram school in tribal-dominated Vikramgadh taluka of the neighbouring Palghar district died following an illness, police said on Friday.

The VI standard student, Kausalya Kasa Barsat, a resident of Shevale Awalicha Pada at Sakhare of Suksale grampanchyat in Palghar, was suffering from high fever following which she was rushed to Vikramgadh rural hospital. After treatment, she returned to her residential school where she died last night, an officer at Vikramgadh police station said.