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Gahal Population - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Gahal is a medium size village located in Srinagar Tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 63 families residing. The Gahal village has population of 308 of which 153 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 15.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahal village is 1013 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahal as per census is 846, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahal village was 79.23 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gahal Male literacy stands at 85.83 % while female literacy rate was 72.93 %.

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

Gahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 308 153 155
Child (0-6) 48 26 22
Schedule Caste 22 11 11
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.23 % 85.83 % 72.93 %
Total Workers 135 71 64
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 63 15 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.14 % of total population in Gahal village. The village Gahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahal village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 53.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.