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

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Jamku

Jamku is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **708 people in 146 households**, the 23rd largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 708people (2011)
- 146households
- 80.0%literacy
- 1,070females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamku

Of every 100 households in Jamku in 2011, 87 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 43 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamku · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**29%

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

**65%

Tap water ****95%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****43%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**68%

Use banking services ****98%**

**83%

Television ****34%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**47%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jamku?

■ Jamku · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1070**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**911

Working population ****51.0%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 69.1% for women. 50% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 39 (11%) · **■** Other work 31 (9%) · **■** Marginal 291 (81%)

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

- Pangla941 people
- Bangapani815 people
- Sirdang812 people
- Jaykot789 people
- Bundi665 people
- Suwa637 people
- Dar560 people
- Sirkha552 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamku?708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamku in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jamku?80.0% (Census 2011)