# Wayal Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Wayal

Wayal is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **29 people in 5 households**, the 273rd largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 29people (2011)
- 5households
- 85.7%literacy
- 812females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Wayal

Of every 100 households in Wayal in 2011, 71 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Wayal · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**17%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****43%**

**74%

Television ****43%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**34%

Own their home ****71%**

**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 Wayal?

■ Wayal · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****812**

**1090

Working population ****55.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 69.2% for women. 50% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (6%) · **■** Marginal 13 (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 Gangolihat

- Nargwari32 people
- Khailari31 people
- Rote30 people
- Tunkholi29 people
- Chaudhari28 people
- Kaltir28 people
- Sanarkhola Gunth28 people
- Gothani27 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Wayal?29 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wayal in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Wayal?85.7% (Census 2011)