# East Hopetown Village, Vikasnagar, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Vikasnagar, Dehradun 

# East Hopetown

East Hopetown is a village in Vikasnagar sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **20,840 people in 4,194 households**, the 1st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.

- 20,840people (2011)
- 4,194households
- 81.3%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in East Hopetown

Of every 100 households in East Hopetown in 2011, 96 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 66 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ East Hopetown · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**27%

Tap water ****56%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****66%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**54%

Use banking services ****72%**

**74%

Television ****81%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****92%**

**88%

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 East Hopetown?

■ East Hopetown · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**76.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**929

Working population ****28.1%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 74.1% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 640 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 682 (12%) · **■** Household industry 235 (4%) · **■** Other work 3,174 (54%) · **■** Marginal 1,130 (19%)

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 Vikasnagar

- Dhakrani12,757 people
- Dakpathar9,897 people
- Sahas Pur8,841 people
- Shankerpur Hakumatpur8,369 people

[All 141 villages in Vikasnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/vikasnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of East Hopetown?20,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is East Hopetown in?Dehradun district (Vikasnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of East Hopetown?81.3% (Census 2011)