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

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Village · Dunda, Uttarkashi 

# Mashon

Mashon is a village in Dunda sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **299 people in 67 households**, the 75th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 299people (2011)
- 67households
- 73.6%literacy
- 1,106females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mashon

Of every 100 households in Mashon in 2011, 39 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mashon · ■ Dunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**57%

Tap water ****31%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**74%

Use banking services ****84%**

**90%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**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 Mashon?

■ Mashon · ■ Dunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1106**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**927

Working population ****46.5%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 62.4% for women. 44% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (9%) · **■** Marginal 63 (45%)

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

- Ranari310 people
- Pujyar Gaon309 people
- Kharwan305 people
- Paturi303 people
- Sartali296 people
- Garh Thati295 people
- Tipra288 people
- Diwali287 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mashon?299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mashon in?Uttarkashi district (Dunda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mashon?73.6% (Census 2011)