# Gagantalab Village, Maheshwar, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Maheshwar, Khargone 

# Gagantalab

Gagantalab is a village in Maheshwar sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **418 people in 85 households**, the 136th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 418people (2011)
- 85households
- 40.9%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Gagantalab PIN code and other codes

Gagantalab falls in Maheshwar sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMaheshwar
- Census village code477039

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

## How far is Gagantalab from nearby towns?

- Maheshwar (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Khargone (district HQ)75 km by road
- Maheshwar (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 Gagantalab?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Gagantalab; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pipalyabujurg
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barwaha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maheshwar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Gagantalab known for?

The main crops are **cotton, soyabean and wheat**. About 15% of the 665 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Gagantalab

Of every 100 households in Gagantalab in 2011, 70 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gagantalab · ■ Maheshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****11%**

**28%

Television ****7%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Gagantalab?

■ Gagantalab · ■ Maheshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.9%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**933

Working population ****62.7%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.3% for men and 29.7% for women. 66% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 254 (97%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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 Maheshwar

- Gawala441 people
- Jhirnaya436 people
- Lakhanpura433 people
- Chikli419 people
- Krodiya Bujurg406 people
- Rabadghati404 people
- Mathnaya395 people
- Damkheda391 people

[All 207 villages in Maheshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/maheshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gagantalab from Khargone?75 km by road
- What is the population of Gagantalab?418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagantalab in?Khargone district (Maheshwar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gagantalab?40.9% (Census 2011)