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

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Palooni

Palooni is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,127 people in 177 households**, the 177th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,127people (2011)
- 177households
- 64.7%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palooni

Of every 100 households in Palooni in 2011, 87 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palooni · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**78%

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

**52%

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

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****54%**

**64%

Television ****38%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**26%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Palooni?

■ Palooni · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**879

Working population ****22.9%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 50.6% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 23 (9%)

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

- Sarkadi/Taharpur1,162 people
- Nathu Kheri1,159 people
- Khempur1,157 people
- Akbarpur/Fazilpur1,133 people
- Iqbalpur Kamelpur1,126 people
- Kanhapur1,115 people
- Nagla Aimad1,044 people
- Dariyapur Dayalpur1,016 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palooni?1,127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palooni in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Palooni?64.7% (Census 2011)