Mahargaon
Joshimath block · Chamoli
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 246443
· village code 40891
Population 2011
269
Census of India
Population 2020
184
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-31.6%
-85 people · -4.1% a year
Households
44
+2.3% vs 43 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
269
Male / female
139 / 130
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
22
Literacy rate
88.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 269
Working population
183
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.0%
Households
43
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
29
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mehargaon panchayat, Joshimath zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹6.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹4.40 lakh
Spent
₹4.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.37 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹11,501 · left ₹4.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.72 lakh · left ₹1.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.5564, 79.5612 —
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