# Devdhung Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Devdhung

Devdhung is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **430 people in 89 households**, the 28th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 430people (2011)
- 89households
- 72.6%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Devdhung

Of every 100 households in Devdhung in 2011, 92 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Devdhung · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**67%

Tap water ****84%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**73%

Use banking services ****98%**

**88%

Television ****51%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Devdhung?

■ Devdhung · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****645**

**940

Working population ****61.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 60.2% for women. 58% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (8%) · **■** Marginal 193 (73%)

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

- Besti Palli522 people
- Sunali491 people
- Makhana489 people
- Chhara477 people
- Chhiwala425 people
- Binai342 people
- Shreekot342 people
- Chaptari331 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Devdhung?430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Devdhung in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Devdhung?72.6% (Census 2011)