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Maragaon Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Maragaon is a medium size village located in Makdi Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 319 families residing. The Maragaon village has population of 1577 of which 790 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maragaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 13.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maragaon village is 996 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Maragaon as per census is 845, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Maragaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maragaon village was 54.44 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Maragaon Male literacy stands at 65.43 % while female literacy rate was 43.69 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maragaon 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 Maragaon village.

Maragaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 319 - -
Population 1,577 790 787
Child (0-6) 214 116 98
Schedule Caste 54 30 24
Schedule Tribe 1,182 586 596
Literacy 54.44 % 65.43 % 43.69 %
Total Workers 890 444 446
Main Worker 712 - -
Marginal Worker 178 49 129

Caste Factor

In Maragaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.95 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.42 % of total population in Maragaon village.

Work Profile

In Maragaon village out of total population, 890 were engaged in work activities. 80.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 890 workers engaged in Main Work, 513 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.