# Dhampur Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Dhampur

Dhampur is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **236 people in 54 households**, the 47th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 236people (2011)
- 54households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhampur

Of every 100 households in Dhampur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhampur · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**83%

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

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**67%

Tap water ****54%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**73%

Use banking services ****94%**

**88%

Television ****35%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Dhampur?

■ Dhampur · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****25.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 53.8% for women. 41% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 13 (22%) · **■** Marginal 38 (63%)

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

- Thakrari248 people
- Naladi247 people
- Dhundada243 people
- Digari241 people
- Bhadrali229 people
- Kharkyasem225 people
- Paunti212 people
- Bestiwalli211 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhampur?236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhampur in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhampur?70.7% (Census 2011)