# Mahgoan Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Mahgoan

Mahgoan is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,113 people in 706 households**, the 45th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 5,113people (2011)
- 706households
- 70.6%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahgoan

Of every 100 households in Mahgoan in 2011, 34 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahgoan · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****85%**

**75%

Television ****41%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Mahgoan?

■ Mahgoan · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**883

Working population ****39.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 55.8% for women. 50% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 640 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (11%) · **■** Household industry 41 (2%) · **■** Other work 842 (42%) · **■** Marginal 285 (14%)

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 Varanasi

- Dhannipur5,229 people
- Gajari5,207 people
- Barthara5,194 people
- Bhitari5,137 people
- Kanchanpur5,100 people
- Jairampur5,046 people
- Sandaha5,014 people
- Chhitauni5,011 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahgoan?5,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahgoan in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahgoan?70.6% (Census 2011)