# Maghgaon Village, Chakrata, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Chakrata, Dehradun 

# Maghgaon

Maghgaon is a village in Chakrata sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **614 people in 76 households**, the 17th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 614people (2011)
- 76households
- 71.9%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maghgaon

Of every 100 households in Maghgaon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maghgaon · ■ Chakrata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**86%

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

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**92%

Use banking services ****58%**

**81%

Television ****26%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****86%**

**91%

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 Maghgaon?

■ Maghgaon · ■ Chakrata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**992

Working population ****31.1%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 61.1% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (20%) · **■** Household industry 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 39 (20%) · **■** Marginal 44 (23%)

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 Chakrata

- Sawara744 people
- Siribarkoti690 people
- Kota666 people
- Mailoth643 people
- Baniyana610 people
- Hajta593 people
- Punaha Pokhari575 people
- Buraswa574 people

[All 110 villages in Chakrata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/chakrata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maghgaon?614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maghgaon in?Dehradun district (Chakrata sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maghgaon?71.9% (Census 2011)