Pithoragarh is one of 13 districts located in northern Indian state Uttarakhand. There are total 9 blocks which comes under Pithoragarh district, and there are total 1675 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Pithoragarh district is 62 and number of houses in this district is 96971.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 413834. Out of total 413834, male population count is 202930, where as female population count is 210904 in Pithoragarh.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 54900 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 54900 children 29986 are boys and 24914 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Pithoragarh district is 69%. 289256 out of total 413834 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 78% and 159729 males are literate out of total 202930 male population, where as female literacy rate is 38% and 129527 out of total 210904 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Pithoragarh district is 30%. 124578 out of total 413834 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 21% and 43201 males are illiterate out of total 202930 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 38% and 81377 out of total 210904 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Pithoragarh district is 196459 and non-working population is 217375 and out of 196459 working population 86652 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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