# Makar Gaon Village, Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Berinag, Pithoragarh 

# Makar Gaon

Makar Gaon is a village in Berinag sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **67 people in 14 households**, the 184th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 67people (2011)
- 14households
- 72.2%literacy
- 763females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makar Gaon

Of every 100 households in Makar Gaon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makar Gaon · ■ Berinag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**42%

Tap water ****100%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**39%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**84%

Television ****31%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**90%

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 Makar Gaon?

■ Makar Gaon · ■ Berinag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****763**

**1073

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**806

Working population ****55.2%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 73.9% for women. 55% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (14%) · **■** Other work 3 (8%) · **■** Marginal 10 (27%)

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 Berinag

- Adholi68 people
- Budera Lagga Baya68 people
- Udiyar68 people
- Ukhera68 people
- Syuti Agari67 people
- Gwir Lagga Chausala66 people
- Patharari64 people
- Dungri lagga Barsayat63 people

[All 299 villages in Berinag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/berinag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makar Gaon?67 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makar Gaon in?Pithoragarh district (Berinag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Makar Gaon?72.2% (Census 2011)