# Gainchwan Gaon Village, Mori, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Mori, Uttarkashi 

# Gainchwan Gaon

Gainchwan Gaon is a village in Mori sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **783 people in 192 households**, the 11th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 783people (2011)
- 192households
- 72.7%literacy
- 812females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gainchwan Gaon

Of every 100 households in Gainchwan Gaon in 2011, 67 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gainchwan Gaon · ■ Mori rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**47%

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

**13%

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

**85%

Tap water ****79%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**87%

Use banking services ****50%**

**84%

Television ****35%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**50%

Own their home ****61%**

**87%

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 Gainchwan Gaon?

■ Gainchwan Gaon · ■ Mori rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****812**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**942

Working population ****46.2%**

**52.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 55.1% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 133 (37%) · **■** Marginal 185 (51%)

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 Mori

- Liwari918 people
- Kharsari896 people
- Fitari890 people
- Dhatmeer809 people
- Masari783 people
- Bhankwar763 people
- Salra753 people
- Arakot748 people

[All 99 villages in Mori](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/mori/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gainchwan Gaon?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gainchwan Gaon in?Uttarkashi district (Mori sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gainchwan Gaon?72.7% (Census 2011)