# Sawad Village, Tharali, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Tharali, Chamoli 

# Sawad

Sawad is a village in Tharali sub-district of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,282 people in 258 households**, the 7th largest of 315 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,282people (2011)
- 258households
- 80.6%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sawad

Of every 100 households in Sawad in 2011, 95 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sawad · ■ Tharali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**52%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**80%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****55%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

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 Sawad?

■ Sawad · ■ Tharali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**1094

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****677**

**863

Working population ****47.1%**

**47.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 68.1% for women. 42% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 373 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (21%) · **■** Marginal 100 (17%)

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 Tharali

- Deorada1,597 people
- Vaan1,371 people
- Kheta Manmati1,349 people
- Ruisan1,321 people
- Silkhola Laga Ichchholi1,257 people
- Ratgaon Chak1,256 people
- Dungri1,229 people
- Kevar Talla1,189 people

[All 325 villages in Tharali](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/chamoli/tharali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sawad?1,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sawad in?Chamoli district (Tharali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sawad?80.6% (Census 2011)