# Gankya Village, Yamkeshwar, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Yamkeshwar, Garhwal 

# Gankya

Gankya is a village in Yamkeshwar sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **147 people in 36 households**, the 101st largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 147people (2011)
- 36households
- 82.1%literacy
- 1,194females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gankya

Of every 100 households in Gankya in 2011, 100 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gankya · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**72%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**74%

Use banking services ****75%**

**82%

Television ****81%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gankya?

■ Gankya · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1194**

**1085

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**892

Working population ****18.4%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 67.6% for women. 36% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 13 (48%) · **■** Other work 9 (33%) · **■** Marginal 5 (19%)

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 Yamkeshwar

- Gwadi150 people
- Pamba Walla150 people
- Vithani149 people
- Amkatal148 people
- Banas Malla143 people
- Siladi143 people
- Dhunga Gadina140 people
- Dadoli137 people

[All 241 villages in Yamkeshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/yamkeshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gankya?147 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gankya in?Garhwal district (Yamkeshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gankya?82.1% (Census 2011)