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About Maragaon Village

Maragaon is a small village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 88 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maragaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Pati
Pincode 262580
Area (hectares) 27.85 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 88
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maragaon compares

By the 2011 count Maragaon is the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 27.85 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Maragaon

Maragaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maragaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 10 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 37 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 Pati 5.3 km
District headquarters Champawat 10 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 32 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 37 km

Villages closest to Maragaon

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

Common questions about Maragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Maragaon village had a population of 184. That makes it the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Maragaon village has 88 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maragaon has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Maragaon is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maragaon covers 27.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maragaon falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maragaon is Tanakpur, about 37 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maragaon.

Maragaon is about 10 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maragaon is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Pati is about 5.3 km away. Champawat is about 10 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhari (under 2 km), Karwalgaon (under 2 km) and Kamlakh (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maragaon today is likely to be higher.

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