# Kharkyasem Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Kharkyasem

Kharkyasem is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **225 people in 53 households**, the 49th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 225people (2011)
- 53households
- 72.3%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharkyasem

Of every 100 households in Kharkyasem in 2011, 98 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharkyasem · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**83%

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

**31%

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

**67%

Tap water ****68%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**73%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****50%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Kharkyasem?

■ Kharkyasem · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****59.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 55.9% for women. 53% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 127 (95%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 5 (4%)

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

- Dhundada243 people
- Digari241 people
- Dhampur236 people
- Bhadrali229 people
- Paunti212 people
- Bestiwalli211 people
- Nauri206 people
- Korana202 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharkyasem?225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharkyasem in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kharkyasem?72.3% (Census 2011)