# Dhakaraa Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Dhakaraa

Dhakaraa is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 75 households**, the 17th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 617people (2011)
- 75households
- 59.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakaraa

Of every 100 households in Dhakaraa in 2011, 80 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhakaraa · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**67%

Tap water ****80%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**73%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****16%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dhakaraa?

■ Dhakaraa · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**940

Working population ****47.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 46.9% for women. 48% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 289 (99%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%)

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

- Karara667 people
- Rama Gaon662 people
- Netri650 people
- Chandeli630 people
- Kurara610 people
- Pani Gaon596 people
- Kumola583 people
- Sweel561 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakaraa?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakaraa in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakaraa?59.4% (Census 2011)