The village was the birthplace of famous Hindi Critic Aacharya Nand Dulare Bajpai, who also served as Vice Chancellor of Vikram University, Ujjain for a brief period.

Notably the village is also a native to premier Indian stand up comedian Raju Srivastava where his father Balai Kaka used to live before he shifted to Kanpur.

[1] Magrayar then had an upper primary school, with 62 students, as well as one mosque and five Hindu temples — four dedicated to Devi and one to Mahadeo.

[1] The 1961 census recorded Magrayar (as "Magrair") as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 2,627 (1,382 male and 1,245 female), in 480 households and 478 physical houses.

[4] A big Wrestling event is also organised annually by 'Nandini Trust' in Magrair in the memory of famous Hindi poet Mahapran Nirala and Acharya Nand Dulare Bajpayi.