# Dar Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Dar

Dar is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 121 households**, the 26th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 560people (2011)
- 121households
- 70.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dar

Of every 100 households in Dar in 2011, 83 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dar · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****88%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**68%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****56%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**47%

Own their home ****93%**

**89%

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 Dar?

■ Dar · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**911

Working population ****61.6%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 58.6% for women. 62% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (5%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (13%) · **■** Marginal 20 (6%)

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 Dharchula

- Jaykot789 people
- Jamku708 people
- Bundi665 people
- Suwa637 people
- Sirkha552 people
- Bung Bung516 people
- Khet504 people
- Baun477 people

[All 82 villages in Dharchula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/dharchula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dar?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dar in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dar?70.8% (Census 2011)