# Mahargaon Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Mahargaon

Mahargaon is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **735 people in 147 households**, the 11th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 735people (2011)
- 147households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahargaon

Of every 100 households in Mahargaon in 2011, 88 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahargaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**67%

Tap water ****79%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**73%

Use banking services ****74%**

**88%

Television ****41%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**86%

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 Mahargaon?

■ Mahargaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****629**

**940

Working population ****41.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 57.8% for women. 40% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 286 (93%) · **■** Other work 21 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Puraula

- Khalari893 people
- Kantari777 people
- Math757 people
- Pora744 people
- Sukdala682 people
- Karara667 people
- Rama Gaon662 people
- Netri650 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahargaon?735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahargaon in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mahargaon?72.3% (Census 2011)