# Dhikal Gaon Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Dhikal Gaon

Dhikal Gaon is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **172 people in 39 households**, the 61st largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 172people (2011)
- 39households
- 79.3%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhikal Gaon

Of every 100 households in Dhikal Gaon in 2011, 80 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhikal Gaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**67%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**73%

Use banking services ****94%**

**88%

Television ****29%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****57%**

**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 Dhikal Gaon?

■ Dhikal Gaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****52.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 66.2% for women. 47% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 82 (90%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 6 (7%)

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

- Dhyoralagasunali187 people
- Moltari186 people
- Lewtari183 people
- Angora177 people
- Narasakhal Matiyalaur163 people
- Kamra151 people
- Moltari Rajputonki146 people
- Dukra143 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhikal Gaon?172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhikal Gaon in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dhikal Gaon?79.3% (Census 2011)