# Paunthi Village, Rajgarhi, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Rajgarhi, Uttarkashi 

# Paunthi

Paunthi is a village in Rajgarhi sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,782 people in 373 households**, the 2nd largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,782people (2011)
- 373households
- 81.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paunthi

Of every 100 households in Paunthi in 2011, 96 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paunthi · ■ Rajgarhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**70%

Tap water ****96%**

**75%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**76%

Use banking services ****87%**

**90%

Television ****56%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Paunthi?

■ Paunthi · ■ Rajgarhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**935

Working population ****49.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 67.9% for women. 52% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 788 (89%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (5%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%)

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

- Naugaon2,516 people
- Kandi1,380 people
- Kafanaul1,336 people
- Nandgaon1,232 people
- Bhatiya1,193 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paunthi?1,782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paunthi in?Uttarkashi district (Rajgarhi sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Paunthi?81.4% (Census 2011)