# Mahar Gaon Village, Pratapnagar, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Pratapnagar, Tehri Garhwal 

# Mahar Gaon

Mahar Gaon is a village in Pratapnagar sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **493 people in 83 households**, the 59th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 493people (2011)
- 83households
- 67.4%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahar Gaon

Of every 100 households in Mahar Gaon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahar Gaon · ■ Pratapnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**55%

Tap water ****100%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**73%

Use banking services ****22%**

**90%

Television ****15%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Mahar Gaon?

■ Mahar Gaon · ■ Pratapnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**1104

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**883

Working population ****44.4%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 43.9% for women. 43% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 117 (53%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 86 (39%)

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 Pratapnagar

- Rawat Gaon563 people
- Garwan Gaon559 people
- Sukri550 people
- Kyari511 people
- Dharkot491 people
- Gari Brahmano Ki490 people
- Silari487 people
- Bharpuria Gaon484 people

[All 158 villages in Pratapnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/pratapnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahar Gaon?493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahar Gaon in?Tehri Garhwal district (Pratapnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mahar Gaon?67.4% (Census 2011)