# Gahar Village, Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal 

# Gahar

Gahar is a village in Devprayag sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **324 people in 81 households**, the 92nd largest of 365 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 324people (2011)
- 81households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,219females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahar

Of every 100 households in Gahar in 2011, 87 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gahar · ■ Devprayag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**51%

Tap water ****88%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**67%

Use banking services ****93%**

**93%

Television ****48%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****88%**

**92%

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 Gahar?

■ Gahar · ■ Devprayag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1219**

**1122

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**888

Working population ****48.8%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 58.1% for women. 38% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 105 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (20%) · **■** Marginal 20 (13%)

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 Devprayag

- Gorasali334 people
- Arota331 people
- Jiyal Garh329 people
- Chilpar326 people
- Parpatala324 people
- Kanyadi323 people
- Kwili322 people
- Toli319 people

[All 378 villages in Devprayag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/devprayag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahar?324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahar in?Tehri Garhwal district (Devprayag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gahar?70.5% (Census 2011)