# Ghorasil Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Ghorasil

Ghorasil is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 66 households**, the 85th largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 269people (2011)
- 66households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,280females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorasil

Of every 100 households in Ghorasil in 2011, 90 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghorasil · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**48%

Tap water ****60%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**79%

Use banking services ****91%**

**74%

Television ****50%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghorasil?

■ Ghorasil · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1280**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**870

Working population ****55.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 69.6% for women. 58% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 137 (93%)

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 Gangolihat

- Chauki gunth287 people
- Oliya Gaon286 people
- Badyura274 people
- Simal Kote270 people
- Kanda264 people
- Kuna261 people
- Khulet260 people
- Baligaon258 people

[All 340 villages in Gangolihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/gangolihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorasil?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorasil in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorasil?80.3% (Census 2011)