# Goum Village, Lansdowne, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Lansdowne, Garhwal 

# Goum

Goum is a village in Lansdowne sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **491 people in 119 households**, the 9th largest of 483 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 491people (2011)
- 119households
- 88.6%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goum

Of every 100 households in Goum in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 57 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goum · ■ Lansdowne rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**64%

Tap water ****5%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****57%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**72%

Use banking services ****100%**

**84%

Television ****85%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****68%**

**91%

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 Goum?

■ Goum · ■ Lansdowne rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**1171

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**956

Working population ****35.6%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 78.6% for women. 47% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 87 (50%) · **■** Marginal 74 (42%)

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 Lansdowne

- Karthi587 people
- Dwari526 people
- Chaparet518 people
- Angani491 people
- Senala477 people
- Kalwadi475 people
- Bamoli466 people
- Umedwakhal466 people

[All 504 villages in Lansdowne](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/lansdowne/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goum?491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goum in?Garhwal district (Lansdowne sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Goum?88.6% (Census 2011)