# Chakon Village, Dunda, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Dunda, Uttarkashi 

# Chakon

Chakon is a village in Dunda sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **562 people in 138 households**, the 33rd largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 562people (2011)
- 138households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakon

Of every 100 households in Chakon in 2011, 99 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakon · ■ Dunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**57%

Tap water ****93%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**44%

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

**24%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**90%

Television ****2%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Chakon?

■ Chakon · ■ Dunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**927

Working population ****50.5%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 59.1% for women. 48% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (6%) · **■** Marginal 265 (93%)

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 Dunda

- Nawagaon575 people
- Genwala572 people
- Matti565 people
- Singot564 people
- Kanwa559 people
- Thati541 people
- Dhareti530 people
- Dang526 people

[All 129 villages in Dunda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/dunda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakon?562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakon in?Uttarkashi district (Dunda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chakon?74.6% (Census 2011)