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Gauhana Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Gauhana is a medium size village located in Chamoli Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 182 families residing. The Gauhana village has population of 965 of which 493 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gauhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 16.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gauhana village is 957 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gauhana as per census is 734, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gauhana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gauhana village was 73.07 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gauhana Male literacy stands at 86.72 % while female literacy rate was 59.55 %.

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

Gauhana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 182 - -
Population 965 493 472
Child (0-6) 163 94 69
Schedule Caste 233 119 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.07 % 86.72 % 59.55 %
Total Workers 538 266 272
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 222 109 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.15 % of total population in Gauhana village. The village Gauhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gauhana village out of total population, 538 were engaged in work activities. 58.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 538 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.