# Gaaj Village, Kosya Kutauli, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kosya Kutauli, Nainital 

# Gaaj

Gaaj is a village in Kosya Kutauli sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **79 people in 16 households**, the 85th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 79people (2011)
- 16households
- 84.3%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaaj

Of every 100 households in Gaaj in 2011, 81 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gaaj · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**22%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**79%

Use banking services ****44%**

**80%

Television ****38%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****88%**

**88%

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 Gaaj?

■ Gaaj · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****286**

**956

Working population ****43.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 68.6% for women. 43% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 28 (82%) · **■** Other work 3 (9%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Kosya Kutauli

- Phalyani89 people
- Hashyari Digar88 people
- Bharari82 people
- Mangrao82 people
- Kulgarh78 people
- Salkuli78 people
- Dhokane72 people
- Bhadyun66 people

[All 126 villages in Kosya Kutauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/kosya-kutauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaaj?79 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaaj in?Nainital district (Kosya Kutauli sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gaaj?84.3% (Census 2011)