# Pajyana Village, Gairsain, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Gairsain, Chamoli 

# Pajyana

Pajyana is a village in Gairsain sub-district of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **652 people in 128 households**, the 17th largest of 220 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 652people (2011)
- 128households
- 80.8%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pajyana

Of every 100 households in Pajyana in 2011, 85 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pajyana · ■ Gairsain rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**46%

Tap water ****96%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**79%

Use banking services ****97%**

**93%

Television ****37%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**21%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Pajyana?

■ Pajyana · ■ Gairsain rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**1170

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**920

Working population ****50.2%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 66.7% for women. 45% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 127 (39%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 187 (57%)

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

- Bina727 people
- Kotha695 people
- Saliyana691 people
- Nail679 people
- Parawari643 people
- Majyari Malli635 people
- Maikholi634 people
- Mehargaon624 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pajyana?652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pajyana in?Chamoli district (Gairsain sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pajyana?80.8% (Census 2011)