# Ghairka Village, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal 

# Ghairka

Ghairka is a village in Ghansali sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 77 households**, the 117th largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 420people (2011)
- 77households
- 76.1%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghairka

Of every 100 households in Ghairka in 2011, 84 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghairka · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**50%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**89%

Television ****11%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ghairka?

■ Ghairka · ■ Ghansali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**921

Working population ****46.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 58.3% for women. 45% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 13 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 175 (91%)

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

- Sarun May Badiyar430 people
- Gainwali425 people
- Budhwan424 people
- Chaunthara420 people
- Raunsal415 people
- Kundiyali408 people
- Lasi408 people
- Dhar Gaon406 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghairka?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghairka in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ghairka?76.1% (Census 2011)