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

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Village · Dunda, Uttarkashi 

# Hitaru

Hitaru is a village in Dunda sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,480 people in 326 households**, the 5th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 1,480people (2011)
- 326households
- 79.5%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hitaru

Of every 100 households in Hitaru in 2011, 74 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hitaru · ■ Dunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**57%

Tap water ****99%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**74%

Use banking services ****95%**

**90%

Television ****38%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Hitaru?

■ Hitaru · ■ Dunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**927

Working population ****57.4%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 65.8% for women. 56% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 754 (89%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (9%) · **■** Marginal 14 (2%)

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

- Matali3,194 people
- Veerpur2,012 people
- Dunda1,869 people
- Barethi Patti Barsali1,586 people
- Siri Gaon1,415 people
- Jurga1,361 people
- Fold1,298 people
- Bharkot1,252 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hitaru?1,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hitaru in?Uttarkashi district (Dunda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Hitaru?79.5% (Census 2011)