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Gawana Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Gawana is a medium size village located in Bhatwari Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 240 families residing. The Gawana village has population of 1196 of which 605 are males while 591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawana village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 14.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawana village is 977 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawana as per census is 889, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gawana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawana village was 75.15 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gawana Male literacy stands at 87.18 % while female literacy rate was 63.01 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gawana 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 Gawana village.

Gawana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 240 - -
Population 1,196 605 591
Child (0-6) 170 90 80
Schedule Caste 242 123 119
Schedule Tribe 35 16 19
Literacy 75.15 % 87.18 % 63.01 %
Total Workers 549 284 265
Main Worker 518 - -
Marginal Worker 31 12 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.93 % of total population in Gawana village.

Work Profile

In Gawana village out of total population, 549 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 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.