# Mehreka Gaun Village, Vikasnagar, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Vikasnagar, Dehradun 

# Mehreka Gaun

Mehreka Gaun is a village in Vikasnagar sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **798 people in 153 households**, the 74th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.

- 798people (2011)
- 153households
- 73.9%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehreka Gaun

Of every 100 households in Mehreka Gaun in 2011, 76 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mehreka Gaun · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**27%

Tap water ****89%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**54%

Use banking services ****58%**

**74%

Television ****78%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

Own their home ****82%**

**88%

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 Mehreka Gaun?

■ Mehreka Gaun · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**76.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**929

Working population ****28.6%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 62.5% for women. 45% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 89 (39%) · **■** Marginal 121 (53%)

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 Vikasnagar

- Aamwala882 people
- Jagatpur837 people
- Misraspatti833 people
- Kotra Santaur831 people
- Bhagwanpur Julo788 people
- Ghamauli783 people
- Anfield Jungle T.K. Jangal778 people
- Papdiyan756 people

[All 141 villages in Vikasnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/vikasnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehreka Gaun?798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehreka Gaun in?Dehradun district (Vikasnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mehreka Gaun?73.9% (Census 2011)