# Megdon Village, Chaurai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chaurai, Chhindwara 

# Megdon

Megdon is a village in Chaurai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,333 people in 332 households**, the 36th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,333people (2011)
- 332households
- 68.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Megdon PIN code and other codes

Megdon falls in Chaurai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChaurai
- Census village code494409

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Megdon from nearby towns?

- Chaurai (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)40 km by road
- Chaurai Khas (nearest town)32 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Megdon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Megdon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Badgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Megdon known for?

About 67% of the 288 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Megdon

Of every 100 households in Megdon in 2011, 99 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Megdon · ■ Chaurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**88%

Tap water ****66%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Megdon?

■ Megdon · ■ Chaurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**941

Working population ****38.5%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 60.5% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 142 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (37%) · **■** Other work 37 (7%) · **■** Marginal 142 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chaurai

- Banskheda1,357 people
- Barhbaryari1,348 people
- Nawegaon Makariya1,343 people
- Pajra1,339 people
- Deori Mal.1,317 people
- Kheri Khurd1,303 people
- Bamhni Lala1,300 people
- Badgaon1,283 people

[All 190 villages in Chaurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/chaurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Megdon from Chhindwara?40 km by road
- What is the population of Megdon?1,333 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Megdon in?Chhindwara district (Chaurai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Megdon?68.0% (Census 2011)