# Ghegar Village, Jakholi*, Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Jakholi*, Rudraprayag 

# Ghegar

Ghegar is a village in Jakholi* sub-district of Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,084 people in 253 households**, the 10th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,084people (2011)
- 253households
- 74.3%literacy
- 1,393females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghegar

Of every 100 households in Ghegar in 2011, 96 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghegar · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**54%

Tap water ****57%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**76%

Use banking services ****93%**

**81%

Television ****41%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Ghegar?

■ Ghegar · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1393**

**1186

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**919

Working population ****51.2%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 64.5% for women. 43% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 485 (87%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 45 (8%)

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 Jakholi*

- Syur1,387 people
- Talla1,228 people
- Khaliyan1,153 people
- Kumari1,092 people
- Bhunal Gaon1,045 people
- Uchhola1,044 people
- Luthiyag1,022 people
- Bajira964 people

[All 138 villages in Jakholi*](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/rudraprayag/jakholi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghegar?1,084 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghegar in?Rudraprayag district (Jakholi* sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ghegar?74.3% (Census 2011)