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Gawar Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Gawar is a medium size village located in Chamoli Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 157 families residing. The Gawar village has population of 772 of which 381 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 15.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawar village is 1026 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawar as per census is 877, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gawar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawar village was 83.85 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gawar Male literacy stands at 94.62 % while female literacy rate was 73.65 %.

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

Gawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 772 381 391
Child (0-6) 122 65 57
Schedule Caste 228 122 106
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.85 % 94.62 % 73.65 %
Total Workers 365 164 201
Main Worker 310 - -
Marginal Worker 55 52 3

Caste Factor

Gawar village of Chamoli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.53 % of total population in Gawar village. The village Gawar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gawar village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 84.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.