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Gahar Population - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Gahar is a medium size village located in Pauri Tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 139 families residing. The Gahar village has population of 531 of which 260 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahar village is 1042 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahar as per census is 808, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahar village was 86.78 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gahar Male literacy stands at 99.15 % while female literacy rate was 75.20 %.

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

Gahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 531 260 271
Child (0-6) 47 26 21
Schedule Caste 94 44 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.78 % 99.15 % 75.20 %
Total Workers 245 120 125
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 67 23 44

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.70 % of total population in Gahar village. The village Gahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahar village out of total population, 245 were engaged in work activities. 72.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 245 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.