# Megar Village, Chakrata, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Chakrata, Dehradun 

# Megar

Megar is a village in Chakrata sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **107 people in 14 households**, the 107th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 107people (2011)
- 14households
- 55.3%literacy
- 783females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Megar

Of every 100 households in Megar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Megar · ■ Chakrata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**71%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**81%

Television ****15%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Megar?

■ Megar · ■ Chakrata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****783**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**992

Working population ****47.7%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 37.5% for women. 47% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (94%) · **■** Marginal 3 (6%)

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

- Hoda140 people
- Chunauti131 people
- Mahpavata130 people
- Shibau113 people
- Tikri Khera79 people
- Bisau69 people
- Rikhnad Range1 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Megar?107 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Megar in?Dehradun district (Chakrata sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Megar?55.3% (Census 2011)