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Mahargaon Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Mahargaon is a medium size village located in Joshimath Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 43 families residing. The Mahargaon village has population of 269 of which 139 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 8.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahargaon village is 935 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahargaon as per census is 692, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Mahargaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahargaon village was 96.76 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Mahargaon Male literacy stands at 96.03 % while female literacy rate was 97.52 %.

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

Mahargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 269 139 130
Child (0-6) 22 13 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 269 139 130
Literacy 96.76 % 96.03 % 97.52 %
Total Workers 183 88 95
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 56 27 29

Caste Factor

In Mahargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Mahargaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahargaon village of Chamoli.

Work Profile

In Mahargaon village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 69.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.