# Gorchha Village, Tyuni, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Tyuni, Dehradun 

# Gorchha

Gorchha is a village in Tyuni sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **260 people in 23 households**, the 60th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 260people (2011)
- 23households
- 56.9%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorchha

Of every 100 households in Gorchha in 2011, 100 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorchha · ■ Tyuni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**74%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**23%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****96%**

**76%

Television ****4%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****91%**

**86%

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 Gorchha?

■ Gorchha · ■ Tyuni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**970

Working population ****28.1%**

**43.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 52.0% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 57 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (14%) · **■** Marginal 5 (7%)

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 Tyuni

- Penuwa277 people
- Punig277 people
- Ninus272 people
- Bagi269 people
- Undawa247 people
- Bhandroli235 people
- Bhunar223 people
- Karardie209 people

[All 84 villages in Tyuni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/tyuni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorchha?260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorchha in?Dehradun district (Tyuni sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gorchha?56.9% (Census 2011)