# Paluka Village, Rajgarhi, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Rajgarhi, Uttarkashi 

# Paluka

Paluka is a village in Rajgarhi sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 16 households**, the 160th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 89people (2011)
- 16households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paluka

Of every 100 households in Paluka in 2011, 82 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paluka · ■ Rajgarhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**70%

Tap water ****53%**

**75%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**26%

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

**22%

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

**76%

Use banking services ****100%**

**90%

Television ****24%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**89%

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 Paluka?

■ Paluka · ■ Rajgarhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**935

Working population ****50.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 48.8% for women. 52% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 35 (78%) · **■** Other work 4 (9%) · **■** Marginal 6 (13%)

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 Rajgarhi

- Kotala93 people
- Chhatari91 people
- Matala91 people
- Jestari90 people
- Pisaun89 people
- Arun88 people
- Jakhali82 people
- Nald80 people

[All 189 villages in Rajgarhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/rajgarhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paluka?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paluka in?Uttarkashi district (Rajgarhi sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Paluka?65.1% (Census 2011)