# Pokhar Village, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal 

# Pokhar

Pokhar is a village in Ghansali sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 94 households**, the 93rd largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 472people (2011)
- 94households
- 70.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pokhar

Of every 100 households in Pokhar in 2011, 99 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pokhar · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**50%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**75%

Use banking services ****61%**

**89%

Television ****39%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pokhar?

■ Pokhar · ■ Ghansali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**921

Working population ****47.9%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 55.8% for women. 46% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 157 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (10%) · **■** Marginal 46 (20%)

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

- Kandarsyun479 people
- Baleshwar478 people
- Doni Palli477 people
- Pipola473 people
- Koti470 people
- Purwal Gaon467 people
- Thati Domana465 people
- Konti Ban Gaon463 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pokhar?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokhar in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pokhar?70.4% (Census 2011)