Pithoragarh is one of district of Uttarakhand in India. There are 6 Tehsils, 1675 villages and 3 towns in Pithoragarh district.
As per the Census India 2011, Pithoragarh district has 114730 households, population of 483439 of which 239306 are males and 244133 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 63293 which is 13.09% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Pithoragarh district is around
1020 compared to
963 which is average of Uttarakhand state. The literacy rate of Pithoragarh district is 71.48% out of which 79.24% males are literate and 63.87% females are literate. The total area of Pithoragarh is 7090 sq.km with population density of 68 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 85.6% of population lives in Urban area and 14.4% lives in Rural area. There are 24.9% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.04% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Pithoragarh district.
Pithoragarh Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 483439 | 100% |
Hindu | 475105 | 98.28% |
Muslim | 6015 | 1.24% |
Christian | 1401 | 0.29% |
Religion not stated | 430 | 0.09% |
Sikh | 260 | 0.05% |
Buddhist | 185 | 0.04% |
Other religions and persuasions | 30 | 0.01% |
Jain | 13 | 0% |
Pithoragarh Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 16.50 | 7073.50 |
Number of households | 17759 | 96971 |
Total Population | 69605 | 413834 |
Population (%) | 52.26% | 50.96% |
Male Population | 36376 | 202930 |
Female Population | 33229 | 210904 |
Sex Ratio | 913 | 1039 |
Literacy (%) | 80.88% | 69.9% |
List of Tehsils in Pithoragarh
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