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Dewal Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Dewal is a medium size village located in Didihat Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 337 families residing. The Dewal village has population of 1434 of which 704 are males while 730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewal village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 11.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewal village is 1037 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewal as per census is 868, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Dewal village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewal village was 85.21 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Dewal Male literacy stands at 94.45 % while female literacy rate was 76.50 %.

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

Dewal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,434 704 730
Child (0-6) 170 91 79
Schedule Caste 481 226 255
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.21 % 94.45 % 76.50 %
Total Workers 392 292 100
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 97 73 24

Caste Factor

Dewal village of Pithoragarh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.54 % of total population in Dewal village. The village Dewal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewal village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 75.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.