# Gel Gaon Village, Dhoomakot, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dhoomakot, Garhwal 

# Gel Gaon

Gel Gaon is a village in Dhoomakot sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **21 people in 8 households**, the 298th largest of 331 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 21people (2011)
- 8households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,625females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gel Gaon

Of every 100 households in Gel Gaon in 2011, 75 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gel Gaon · ■ Dhoomakot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**17%

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

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**67%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****25%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Gel Gaon?

■ Gel Gaon · ■ Dhoomakot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1625**

**1221

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**959

Working population ****9.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 58.3% for women. 25% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Other work 2 (100%)

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 Dhoomakot

- Dadar24 people
- Silkhera24 people
- Khandila23 people
- Guniya22 people
- Kameda Bichla21 people
- Pipalsain Talli21 people
- Chetadharbichli20 people
- Dovakatandoli19 people

[All 349 villages in Dhoomakot](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/dhoomakot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gel Gaon?21 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gel Gaon in?Garhwal district (Dhoomakot sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gel Gaon?70.6% (Census 2011)