# Maragaon Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Maragaon

Maragaon is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **636 people in 144 households**, the 67th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 636people (2011)
- 144households
- 66.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Maragaon PIN code and other codes

Maragaon falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487568

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

## How far is Maragaon from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)45 km by road
- Hoshangabad (nearest town)45 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 Maragaon?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Maragaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Babai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Babai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Maragaon known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 83% of the 536 hectares of village land is sown, and 418 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 Maragaon

Of every 100 households in Maragaon in 2011, 37 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maragaon · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**71%

Tap water ****5%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**31%

Television ****27%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**39%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Maragaon?

■ Maragaon · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**919

Working population ****40.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 56.5% for women. 50% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 211 (81%)

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 Babai

- Dolariyakhurd699 people
- Furtala677 people
- Tamcharu673 people
- Jhalsargonth650 people
- Guradiya Moti631 people
- Singhpur625 people
- Chandla613 people
- Raipura609 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maragaon from Hoshangabad?45 km by road
- What is the population of Maragaon?636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maragaon in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maragaon?66.1% (Census 2011)