# Latherdewa Shekh Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Latherdewa Shekh

Latherdewa Shekh is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **3,585 people in 584 households**, the 60th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 3,585people (2011)
- 584households
- 64.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Latherdewa Shekh

Of every 100 households in Latherdewa Shekh in 2011, 77 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Latherdewa Shekh · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**86%

Use banking services ****79%**

**64%

Television ****51%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**26%

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

**3%

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

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Latherdewa Shekh?

■ Latherdewa Shekh · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**879

Working population ****28.0%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 54.7% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 199 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (9%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 493 (49%) · **■** Marginal 206 (21%)

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 Roorkee

- Bharapur3,687 people
- Puhana3,669 people
- Safarpur3,668 people
- Hallu Mazara3,618 people
- Sartheri Shahjahanpur3,578 people
- Karaundi3,521 people
- Thithiki Qavadpur3,506 people
- Akabarpur Dhodheki3,469 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Latherdewa Shekh?3,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Latherdewa Shekh in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Latherdewa Shekh?64.8% (Census 2011)