# Besti Palli Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Besti Palli

Besti Palli is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **522 people in 92 households**, the 24th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 522people (2011)
- 92households
- 57.1%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Besti Palli

Of every 100 households in Besti Palli in 2011, 100 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Besti Palli · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**67%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**73%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****0%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****85%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**86%

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 Besti Palli?

■ Besti Palli · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1323**

**940

Working population ****55.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 38.1% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 284 (99%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Puraula

- Kumola583 people
- Sweel561 people
- Thadung543 people
- Thali535 people
- Sunali491 people
- Makhana489 people
- Chhara477 people
- Devdhung430 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Besti Palli?522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Besti Palli in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Besti Palli?57.1% (Census 2011)