# Dhar Gaon Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Dhar Gaon

Dhar Gaon is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 54 households**, the 91st largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 269people (2011)
- 54households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhar Gaon

Of every 100 households in Dhar Gaon in 2011, 95 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhar Gaon · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**64%

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

**60%

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

**39%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****35%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**22%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****23%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhar Gaon?

■ Dhar Gaon · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**873

Working population ****46.1%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 70.9% for women. 46% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 117 (94%)

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

- Kishanpur279 people
- Jawad276 people
- Kathur Bada275 people
- Bhupdevpur274 people
- Kalam Ganj267 people
- Pathurankara263 people
- Udiyari263 people
- Umath Gaon258 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhar Gaon?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhar Gaon in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhar Gaon?80.1% (Census 2011)