Garhwal is one of district of Uttarakhand in India. There are 9 Tehsils, 3473 villages and 10 towns in Garhwal district.
As per the Census India 2011, Garhwal district has 161778 households, population of 687271 of which 326829 are males and 360442 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 83901 which is 12.21% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Garhwal district is around
1103 compared to
963 which is average of Uttarakhand state. The literacy rate of Garhwal district is 72.01% out of which 80.21% males are literate and 64.57% females are literate. The total area of Garhwal is 5329 sq.km with population density of 129 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 83.6% of population lives in Urban area and 16.4% lives in Rural area. There are 17.8% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.32% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Garhwal district.
Garhwal Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 687271 | 100% |
| Hindu | 660507 | 96.11% |
| Muslim | 22931 | 3.34% |
| Christian | 2161 | 0.31% |
| Religion not stated | 732 | 0.11% |
| Sikh | 619 | 0.09% |
| Jain | 212 | 0.03% |
| Buddhist | 58 | 0.01% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 51 | 0.01% |
Garhwal Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 72.16 | 5256.84 |
| Number of households | 25598 | 136180 |
| Total Population | 112703 | 574568 |
| Population (%) | 52.17% | 53.35% |
| Male Population | 58800 | 268029 |
| Female Population | 53903 | 306539 |
| Sex Ratio | 917 | 1144 |
| Literacy (%) | 80.15% | 70.41% |
List of Tehsils in Garhwal
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