# Mahat Gaon Village, Ranikhet, Almora (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ranikhet, Almora 

# Mahat Gaon

Mahat Gaon is a village in Ranikhet sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **423 people in 94 households**, the 53rd largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 423people (2011)
- 94households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,350females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahat Gaon

Of every 100 households in Mahat Gaon in 2011, 86 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahat Gaon · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**36%

Tap water ****99%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**68%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****55%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**89%

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 Mahat Gaon?

■ Mahat Gaon · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1350**

**1121

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**901

Working population ****63.8%**

**47.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 61.1% for women. 54% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 25 (9%) · **■** Other work 31 (11%) · **■** Marginal 214 (79%)

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 Ranikhet

- Matela Manihar457 people
- Saula433 people
- Hidam426 people
- Nau Gaon424 people
- Vabur Khola422 people
- Pastorawar415 people
- Garhi413 people
- Tipola410 people

[All 307 villages in Ranikhet](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/ranikhet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahat Gaon?423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahat Gaon in?Almora district (Ranikhet sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mahat Gaon?74.7% (Census 2011)