About Maragaon Village

Maragaon is a mid sized village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,026, made up of 493 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maragaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	422.16 hectares
Population	1,026
Male Population	493
Female Population	533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maragaon compares

By the 2011 count Maragaon is the 45th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 422.16 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Maragaon

Maragaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maragaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maragaon from other places

Maragaon lies about 51 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Kurud, about 46 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Maragaon
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kurud	46 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	48 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	51 km

Villages closest to Maragaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Magarlod tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Maragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Maragaon village had a population of 1,026. That makes it the 45th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Maragaon village has 493 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maragaon has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Maragaon is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maragaon covers 422.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maragaon falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maragaon is Kurud, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maragaon.

Maragaon is about 51 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maragaon is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 27 km away. Kurud is about 46 km away. Nawāpāra is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.