# Chokighata Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Chokighata

Chokighata is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **98 people in 21 households**, the 184th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 98people (2011)
- 21households
- 83.1%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chokighata

Of every 100 households in Chokighata in 2011, 85 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chokighata · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**39%

Use banking services ****75%**

**85%

Television ****55%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**22%

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

**5%

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

**12%

Own their home ****75%**

**80%

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 Chokighata?

■ Chokighata · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**873

Working population ****17.3%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 75.6% for women. 30% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (6%) · **■** Other work 7 (41%) · **■** Marginal 9 (53%)

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 Kotdwara

- Pali104 people
- Aeta100 people
- Dabara99 people
- Duni Mandai99 people
- Dhariyalsar98 people
- Dhurabharpur98 people
- Urkhel Gaon97 people
- Gola Malla96 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chokighata?98 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chokighata in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chokighata?83.1% (Census 2011)