# Garguwa Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Garguwa

Garguwa is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **986 people in 204 households**, the 18th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 986people (2011)
- 204households
- 76.5%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garguwa

Of every 100 households in Garguwa in 2011, 69 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 48 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garguwa · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**65%

Tap water ****52%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****48%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**68%

Use banking services ****94%**

**83%

Television ****43%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Garguwa?

■ Garguwa · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**911

Working population ****39.6%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 64.6% for women. 42% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 125 (32%) · **■** Other work 44 (11%) · **■** Marginal 221 (57%)

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

- Khumati1,267 people
- Syankuri1,232 people
- Baram1,043 people
- Dhunga Toli1,025 people
- Pangla941 people
- Bangapani815 people
- Sirdang812 people
- Jaykot789 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garguwa?986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garguwa in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Garguwa?76.5% (Census 2011)