# 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 **461 people in 92 households**, the 99th largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 461people (2011)
- 92households
- 65.5%literacy
- 1,696females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhung

Of every 100 households in Dhung in 2011, 91 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 58 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhung · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**50%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****58%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**75%

Use banking services ****82%**

**89%

Television ****42%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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+) ****65.5%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1696**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**921

Working population ****35.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 56.1% for women. 29% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 155 (94%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%)

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

- Purwal Gaon467 people
- Thati Domana465 people
- Konti Ban Gaon463 people
- Sain462 people
- Paunada459 people
- Niwal Gaon447 people
- Kathur Talla446 people
- Kuthur Malla445 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhung?461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhung in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhung?65.5% (Census 2011)