# Watkhem Village, Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Tehri, Tehri Garhwal 

# Watkhem

Watkhem is a village in Tehri sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 52 households**, the 153rd largest of 329 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 220people (2011)
- 52households
- 75.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Watkhem

Of every 100 households in Watkhem in 2011, 96 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Watkhem · ■ Tehri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**42%

Tap water ****35%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**46%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**53%

Use banking services ****90%**

**94%

Television ****35%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****90%**

**92%

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 Watkhem?

■ Watkhem · ■ Tehri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1129

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**879

Working population ****51.4%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 63.7% for women. 50% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 25 (22%) · **■** Marginal 71 (63%)

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 Tehri

- Kotigad230 people
- Syuta Chhota230 people
- Kainchhu225 people
- Kond220 people
- Syul215 people
- Khari Khal213 people
- Nail Talla213 people
- Ramol Sari213 people

[All 357 villages in Tehri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/tehri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Watkhem?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Watkhem in?Tehri Garhwal district (Tehri sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Watkhem?75.5% (Census 2011)