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Kistur Population - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Kistur is a medium size village located in Tyuni Tehsil of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand with total 55 families residing. The Kistur village has population of 549 of which 289 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kistur village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kistur village is 900 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kistur as per census is 1000, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kistur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kistur village was 64.82 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kistur Male literacy stands at 78.31 % while female literacy rate was 49.55 %.

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

Kistur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 549 289 260
Child (0-6) 80 40 40
Schedule Caste 119 71 48
Schedule Tribe 299 151 148
Literacy 64.82 % 78.31 % 49.55 %
Total Workers 242 131 111
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 45 23 22

Caste Factor

In Kistur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.46 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 21.68 % of total population in Kistur village.

Work Profile

In Kistur village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 81.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.