# Nail Village, Gairsain, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gairsain, Chamoli 

# Nail

Nail is a village in Gairsain sub-district of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **679 people in 136 households**, the 16th largest of 220 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 679people (2011)
- 136households
- 82.5%literacy
- 1,248females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nail

Of every 100 households in Nail in 2011, 100 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Nail · ■ Gairsain rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**46%

Tap water ****100%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**79%

Use banking services ****100%**

**93%

Television ****59%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

Own their home ****89%**

**91%

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 Nail?

■ Nail · ■ Gairsain rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1248**

**1170

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**920

Working population ****40.5%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 71.6% for women. 31% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 148 (54%) · **■** Other work 48 (17%) · **■** Marginal 79 (29%)

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 Gairsain

- Lam Bagar730 people
- Bina727 people
- Kotha695 people
- Saliyana691 people
- Pajyana652 people
- Parawari643 people
- Majyari Malli635 people
- Maikholi634 people

[All 234 villages in Gairsain](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/chamoli/gairsain/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nail?679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nail in?Chamoli district (Gairsain sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Nail?82.5% (Census 2011)