# Puneri Mahar Village, Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh 

# Puneri Mahar

Puneri Mahar is a village in Pithoragarh sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **453 people in 109 households**, the 72nd largest of 324 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 453people (2011)
- 109households
- 90.1%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puneri Mahar

Of every 100 households in Puneri Mahar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 77 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Puneri Mahar · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**50%

Tap water ****74%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****77%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**51%

Use banking services ****93%**

**87%

Television ****77%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Puneri Mahar?

■ Puneri Mahar · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**775

Working population ****65.6%**

**46.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 83.0% for women. 62% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (87%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 33 (11%)

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

- Chhera479 people
- Tari Gaon473 people
- Jhuni457 people
- Darim Khola454 people
- Lunthura449 people
- Dhari Dhamaura446 people
- Dungari Rawal443 people
- Majhera442 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puneri Mahar?453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puneri Mahar in?Pithoragarh district (Pithoragarh sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Puneri Mahar?90.1% (Census 2011)