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Gwad Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Gwad is a medium size village located in Karnaprayag Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 53 families residing. The Gwad village has population of 251 of which 109 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gwad village is 1303 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gwad as per census is 1364, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gwad village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gwad village was 77.78 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gwad Male literacy stands at 93.88 % while female literacy rate was 65.35 %.

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

Gwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 251 109 142
Child (0-6) 26 11 15
Schedule Caste 40 22 18
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.78 % 93.88 % 65.35 %
Total Workers 118 47 71
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 72 23 49

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.94 % of total population in Gwad village. The village Gwad currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gwad village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 38.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.