# Gawana Village, Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal 

# Gawana

Gawana is a village in Devprayag sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **796 people in 171 households**, the 15th largest of 365 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 796people (2011)
- 171households
- 76.5%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gawana

Of every 100 households in Gawana in 2011, 90 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gawana · ■ Devprayag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**51%

Tap water ****89%**

**80%

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

**18%

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

**32%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****97%**

**93%

Television ****38%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gawana?

■ Gawana · ■ Devprayag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**1122

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****638**

**888

Working population ****47.4%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 43% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 300 (80%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 44 (12%)

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

- Kothar950 people
- Dhar Payakoti906 people
- Rigoli Malli859 people
- Dhungi856 people
- Kaparoli786 people
- Kurn775 people
- Dal Dung770 people
- Manjyakot768 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gawana?796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gawana in?Tehri Garhwal district (Devprayag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gawana?76.5% (Census 2011)