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Gawara Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Gawara is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 95 families residing. The Gawara village has population of 479 of which 254 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawara village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 10.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawara village is 886 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawara as per census is 714, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gawara village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawara village was 73.32 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gawara Male literacy stands at 92.48 % while female literacy rate was 52.20 %.

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

Gawara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 479 254 225
Child (0-6) 48 28 20
Schedule Caste 153 83 70
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 73.32 % 92.48 % 52.20 %
Total Workers 202 97 105
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 84 40 44

Caste Factor

Gawara village of Uttarkashi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.25 % of total population in Gawara village.

Work Profile

In Gawara village out of total population, 202 were engaged in work activities. 58.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 202 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.