# Purana Digon Village, Dhanaulti, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dhanaulti, Tehri Garhwal 

# Purana Digon

Purana Digon is a village in Dhanaulti sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **155 people in 21 households**, the 174th largest of 259 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 155people (2011)
- 21households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana Digon

Of every 100 households in Purana Digon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Purana Digon · ■ Dhanaulti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**59%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****52%**

**92%

Television ****38%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****52%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purana Digon?

■ Purana Digon · ■ Dhanaulti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**941

Working population ****40.0%**

**46.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 68.3% for women. 39% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 60 (97%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (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 Dhanaulti

- Kandi Malli165 people
- Dharara164 people
- Gaonkhet163 people
- Kheda Talla160 people
- Maitoli Sera154 people
- Mawana153 people
- Lwarkha149 people
- Nawa Gaon149 people

[All 271 villages in Dhanaulti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/dhanaulti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana Digon?155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana Digon in?Tehri Garhwal district (Dhanaulti sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purana Digon?74.8% (Census 2011)