# Kalam Ganj Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Kalam Ganj

Kalam Ganj is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **267 people in 64 households**, the 92nd largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 267people (2011)
- 64households
- 83.2%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalam Ganj

Of every 100 households in Kalam Ganj in 2011, 97 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalam Ganj · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**29%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**39%

Use banking services ****89%**

**85%

Television ****71%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**12%

Own their home ****73%**

**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 Kalam Ganj?

■ Kalam Ganj · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**873

Working population ****35.2%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 82.4% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 18 (19%) · **■** Other work 39 (41%) · **■** Marginal 37 (39%)

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

- Jawad276 people
- Kathur Bada275 people
- Bhupdevpur274 people
- Dhar Gaon269 people
- Pathurankara263 people
- Udiyari263 people
- Umath Gaon258 people
- Jamargadi Talli254 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalam Ganj?267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalam Ganj in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kalam Ganj?83.2% (Census 2011)