# Pasta Village, Vikasnagar, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Vikasnagar, Dehradun 

# Pasta

Pasta is a village in Vikasnagar sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **625 people in 105 households**, the 90th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.

- 625people (2011)
- 105households
- 56.5%literacy
- 817females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pasta

Of every 100 households in Pasta in 2011, 96 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pasta · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**27%

Tap water ****90%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**54%

Use banking services ****18%**

**74%

Television ****26%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**32%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****1%**

**10%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Pasta?

■ Pasta · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**76.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****817**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**929

Working population ****28.8%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 46.5% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (31%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 32 (18%) · **■** Marginal 50 (28%)

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

- Navgaon655 people
- Dudhai651 people
- Banshiwala650 people
- Kalyanpur627 people
- Abdullapur600 people
- Bavandhar591 people
- Baronwala576 people
- Malhangrant540 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pasta?625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pasta in?Dehradun district (Vikasnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pasta?56.5% (Census 2011)