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Gahar Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Gahar is a medium size village located in Devprayag Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 81 families residing. The Gahar village has population of 324 of which 146 are males while 178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahar village is 1219 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahar as per census is 1000, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gahar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahar village was 70.50 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gahar Male literacy stands at 86.18 % while female literacy rate was 58.06 %.

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

Gahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 324 146 178
Child (0-6) 46 23 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.50 % 86.18 % 58.06 %
Total Workers 158 55 103
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 20 10 10

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gahar village of Tehri Garhwal district.

Work Profile

In Gahar village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 87.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.