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Paunthi Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Paunthi is a medium size village located in Rajgarhi Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 373 families residing. The Paunthi village has population of 1782 of which 900 are males while 882 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paunthi village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 14.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paunthi village is 980 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Paunthi as per census is 942, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Paunthi village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Paunthi village was 81.40 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Paunthi Male literacy stands at 94.76 % while female literacy rate was 67.86 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paunthi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Paunthi village.

Paunthi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 373 - -
Population 1,782 900 882
Child (0-6) 266 137 129
Schedule Caste 973 483 490
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 81.40 % 94.76 % 67.86 %
Total Workers 885 467 418
Main Worker 835 - -
Marginal Worker 50 30 20

Caste Factor

In Paunthi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.39 % of total population in Paunthi village.

Work Profile

In Paunthi village out of total population, 885 were engaged in work activities. 94.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 885 workers engaged in Main Work, 788 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.