# Sweel Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Sweel

Sweel is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 107 households**, the 21st largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 561people (2011)
- 107households
- 72.0%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sweel

Of every 100 households in Sweel in 2011, 82 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sweel · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**67%

Tap water ****85%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**40%

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

**26%

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

**73%

Use banking services ****100%**

**88%

Television ****9%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**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 Sweel?

■ Sweel · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1192**

**940

Working population ****54.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 54.3% for women. 51% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Cultivators 308 (100%)

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

- Dhakaraa617 people
- Kurara610 people
- Pani Gaon596 people
- Kumola583 people
- Thadung543 people
- Thali535 people
- Besti Palli522 people
- Sunali491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sweel?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sweel in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sweel?72.0% (Census 2011)