# Kandiyal Gaon Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/kandiyal-gaon/

Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Kandiyal Gaon

Kandiyal Gaon is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,818 people in 258 households**, the 3rd largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 1,818people (2011)
- 258households
- 87.9%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandiyal Gaon

Of every 100 households in Kandiyal Gaon in 2011, 78 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandiyal Gaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**67%

Tap water ****67%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**73%

Use banking services ****75%**

**88%

Television ****20%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****56%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kandiyal Gaon?

■ Kandiyal Gaon · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**940

Working population ****34.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 80.6% for women. 32% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 559 (89%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 46 (7%) · **■** Marginal 16 (3%)

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

- Purola2,394 people
- Khablisera2,140 people
- Gundiyar Gaon1,253 people
- Hudoli1,142 people
- Bhankoli1,027 people
- Khalari893 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandiyal Gaon?1,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandiyal Gaon in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kandiyal Gaon?87.9% (Census 2011)