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Gahlna Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Gahlna is a medium size village located in Nainital Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 68 families residing. The Gahlna village has population of 348 of which 173 are males while 175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahlna village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 14.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahlna village is 1012 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahlna as per census is 759, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gahlna village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahlna village was 87.88 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gahlna Male literacy stands at 93.75 % while female literacy rate was 82.35 %.

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

Gahlna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 348 173 175
Child (0-6) 51 29 22
Schedule Caste 159 79 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.88 % 93.75 % 82.35 %
Total Workers 165 84 81
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Gahlna village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.69 % of total population in Gahlna village. The village Gahlna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahlna village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 98.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.