# Thanta Village, Chakrata, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Chakrata, Dehradun 

# Thanta

Thanta is a village in Chakrata sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **305 people in 32 households**, the 61st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 305people (2011)
- 32households
- 62.8%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thanta

Of every 100 households in Thanta in 2011, 88 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thanta · ■ Chakrata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**71%

Tap water ****53%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****94%**

**81%

Television ****26%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Thanta?

■ Thanta · ■ Chakrata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1292**

**992

Working population ****33.4%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 55.7% for women. 50% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (79%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (12%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Chakrata

- Kotuwa331 people
- Salga323 people
- Bohaa320 people
- Sujau314 people
- Astad303 people
- Rawana303 people
- Bahmoo300 people
- Kothi293 people

[All 110 villages in Chakrata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/chakrata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thanta?305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thanta in?Dehradun district (Chakrata sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Thanta?62.8% (Census 2011)