# Gaina Village, Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh 

# Gaina

Gaina is a village in Pithoragarh sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **213 people in 43 households**, the 149th largest of 324 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 213people (2011)
- 43households
- 90.9%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaina

Of every 100 households in Gaina in 2011, 100 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 81 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Gaina · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**50%

Tap water ****78%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****81%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****19%**

**51%

Use banking services ****98%**

**87%

Television ****52%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**90%

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 Gaina?

■ Gaina · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**775

Working population ****51.6%**

**46.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.9% for men and 82.4% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 67 (61%) · **■** Other work 41 (37%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Pithoragarh

- Poli Palchaura224 people
- Rikhai221 people
- Badari217 people
- Sinchaura214 people
- Bhalya212 people
- Makholya Gaon212 people
- Maun Kote211 people
- Budali209 people

[All 347 villages in Pithoragarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/pithoragarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaina?213 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaina in?Pithoragarh district (Pithoragarh sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gaina?90.9% (Census 2011)