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

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Village · Vikasnagar, Dehradun 

# Pondha

Pondha is a village in Vikasnagar sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,745 people in 375 households**, the 55th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.

- 1,745people (2011)
- 375households
- 86.7%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pondha

Of every 100 households in Pondha in 2011, 98 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 58 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 54 a two-wheeler and 18 a car.

■ Pondha · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**27%

Tap water ****98%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****58%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**54%

Use banking services ****74%**

**74%

Television ****89%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****54%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****18%**

**5%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Pondha?

■ Pondha · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**76.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**929

Working population ****30.4%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 80.9% for women. 47% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 408 (77%) · **■** Marginal 43 (8%)

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

- Bulaki Wala1,866 people
- Langhaf1,802 people
- Kanswali Kothari1,772 people
- Lakhanwala Nevat1,767 people
- Rampur Bhauwala1,665 people
- Bakhtawarpur Grant1,657 people
- Jatowala1,639 people
- Kolhupani1,618 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pondha?1,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pondha in?Dehradun district (Vikasnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pondha?86.7% (Census 2011)