Village · Chakrata, Dehradun
# Kharwi

Kharwi is a village in Chakrata sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted 476 people in 51 households, the 31st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.
- 476 people (2011)
- 51 households
- 68.4% literacy
- 896 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharwi

Of every 100 households in Kharwi in 2011, 100 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharwi · ■ Chakrata rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 90%
- Toilet within the home 31% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 69% 71%
- Tap water 100% 86%
- Drinking water within premises 63% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 96% 81%
- Television 49% 34%
- Mobile phone 96% 73%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 4% 20%
- Own their home 100% 91%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kharwi?

■ Kharwi · ■ Chakrata rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.4% 60.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 896 950
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 848 992
- Working population 32.4% 48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 60.9% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 128 (83%) · ■ Farm labourers 3 (2%) · ■ Household industry 4 (3%) · ■ Other work 11 (7%) · ■ Marginal 8 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chakrata
- Kandi Chamagata 495 people
- Rikhar 489 people
- Mendal 487 people
- Makhti 479 people
- Shirba 470 people
- Jadi 469 people
- Dhaura Pudia 461 people
- Kondoi Bondar 446 people

All 110 villages in Chakrata

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kharwi? 476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharwi in? Dehradun district (Chakrata sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kharwi? 68.4% (Census 2011)

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