# Dhurwapur Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Dhurwapur

Dhurwapur is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,533 people in 320 households**, the 19th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,533people (2011)
- 320households
- 92.6%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhurwapur

Of every 100 households in Dhurwapur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhurwapur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**39%

Use banking services ****96%**

**85%

Television ****90%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****2%**

**12%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dhurwapur?

■ Dhurwapur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.6%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**873

Working population ****23.4%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.0% for men and 87.2% for women. 41% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 153 (43%) · **■** Marginal 189 (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

- Harsinghpur1,820 people
- Ratanpur1,792 people
- Simalchaur1,784 people
- Nandpur1,632 people
- Ratanpur1,478 people
- Udaya Rampur Nayabad1,469 people
- Jashodharpur1,386 people
- Kalabad1,354 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhurwapur?1,533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhurwapur in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhurwapur?92.6% (Census 2011)