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Megar Population - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Megar is a small village located in Chakrata Tehsil of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand with total 14 families residing. The Megar village has population of 107 of which 60 are males while 47 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megar village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 12.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megar village is 783 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Megar as per census is 1167, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Megar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Megar village was 55.32 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Megar Male literacy stands at 68.52 % while female literacy rate was 37.50 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Megar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Megar village.

Megar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 14 - -
Population 107 60 47
Child (0-6) 13 6 7
Schedule Caste 69 40 29
Schedule Tribe 38 20 18
Literacy 55.32 % 68.52 % 37.50 %
Total Workers 51 28 23
Main Worker 48 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Megar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 35.51 % of total population in Megar village.

Work Profile

In Megar village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.