# Puniyal Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Puniyal

Puniyal is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **273 people in 66 households**, the 95th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 273people (2011)
- 66households
- 58.4%literacy
- 1,438females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puniyal

Of every 100 households in Puniyal in 2011, 2 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puniyal · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**63%

Tap water ****72%**

**76%

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

**21%

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

**26%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****16%**

**75%

Television ****0%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****84%**

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**93%

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 Puniyal?

■ Puniyal · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1438**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**877

Working population ****35.5%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 41.3% for women. 33% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 89 (92%) · **■** Other work 8 (8%)

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 Lohaghat

- Rauteli Mara285 people
- Gwenara282 people
- Sutera281 people
- Choolgaon279 people
- Chachari272 people
- Sudarka272 people
- Kot267 people
- Jhalandev266 people

[All 287 villages in Lohaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/lohaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puniyal?273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puniyal in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Puniyal?58.4% (Census 2011)