# Agar Village, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal 

# Agar

Agar is a village in Ghansali sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **498 people in 103 households**, the 85th largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 498people (2011)
- 103households
- 78.4%literacy
- 1,316females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agar

Of every 100 households in Agar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agar · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**50%

Tap water ****87%**

**78%

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

**32%

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

**25%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****97%**

**89%

Television ****46%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Agar?

■ Agar · ■ Ghansali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1316**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**921

Working population ****45.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 67.9% for women. 35% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 116 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 98 (43%)

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 Ghansali

- Pundoli May Melgadi516 people
- Kandar Gaon Palla512 people
- Gagwari503 people
- Duwari499 people
- Syal Kund497 people
- Mendu Sindwal Gaon487 people
- Banoli486 people
- Kandarsyun479 people

[All 303 villages in Ghansali](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/ghansali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agar?498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agar in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Agar?78.4% (Census 2011)