# Dewal Village, Didihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Didihat, Pithoragarh 

# Dewal

Dewal is a village in Didihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,434 people in 337 households**, the 3rd largest of 363 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,434people (2011)
- 337households
- 85.2%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dewal

Of every 100 households in Dewal in 2011, 94 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 70 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dewal · ■ Didihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**50%

Tap water ****78%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****70%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**69%

Use banking services ****93%**

**86%

Television ****71%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****80%**

**93%

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 Dewal?

■ Dewal · ■ Didihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**793

Working population ****27.3%**

**46.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 76.5% for women. 41% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 39 (10%) · **■** Other work 171 (44%) · **■** Marginal 97 (25%)

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 Didihat

- Talli Mirthi1,736 people
- Digara1,614 people
- Bhandari Gaon Rajwar1,135 people
- Kauli Kanyal1,130 people
- Satgarh979 people
- Ajera948 people

[All 376 villages in Didihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/didihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dewal?1,434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewal in?Pithoragarh district (Didihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dewal?85.2% (Census 2011)