# Wachham Village, Kapkot, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kapkot, Bageshwar 

# Wachham

Wachham is a village in Kapkot sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 232 households**, the 10th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 232households
- 78.2%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Wachham

Of every 100 households in Wachham in 2011, 1 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wachham · ■ Kapkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**59%

Tap water ****86%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Wachham?

■ Wachham · ■ Kapkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**1089

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**961

Working population ****35.9%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 64.5% for women. 48% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 339 (76%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 94 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kapkot

- Liti1,721 people
- Supi1,701 people
- Baret1,440 people
- Chachai1,323 people
- Nankanyalikot1,240 people
- Purkuni976 people
- Farsali Walli967 people
- Sorag959 people

[All 156 villages in Kapkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/kapkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Wachham?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wachham in?Bageshwar district (Kapkot sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Wachham?78.2% (Census 2011)