# Dhung Village, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal 

# Dhung

Dhung is a village in Ghansali sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,303 people in 259 households**, the 7th largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,303people (2011)
- 259households
- 64.5%literacy
- 1,282females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhung

Of every 100 households in Dhung in 2011, 97 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhung · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**50%

Tap water ****88%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**89%

Television ****38%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dhung?

■ Dhung · ■ Ghansali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1282**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**921

Working population ****50.5%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 55.2% for women. 46% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 91 (14%) · **■** Marginal 546 (83%)

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

- Srikot2,088 people
- Molno Maya Paukhal1,937 people
- Pangariyana1,571 people
- Badiyar1,439 people
- Koti1,263 people
- Bahera1,238 people
- Padagali May Ghotiwali1,202 people
- Vanchuri1,169 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhung?1,303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhung in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhung?64.5% (Census 2011)