Pithoragarh District

Pithoragarh district is located in Uttarakhand . Population of Pithoragarh district is 485,993 as per Census 2011. Pithoragarh is 8th most Populous district out of total 13 districts in Uttarakhand and it is 546th most Populous district out of total 640 districts in India.

The population density of Pithoragarh is 69 Persons per square Km. It is 11th most densely populated out of 13 districts in Uttarakhand and it is 595th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in India.

Total Literacy rate of Pithoragarh is 82.93%. This means 82.93 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 4 in terms of literacy rate out of total 13 districts of Uttarakhand and 117 out of total 640 districts of India.

Male Literacy of Pithoragarh is 93.45% while female literacy stands at 72.97%.

Note: Serchhip district (98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district (37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-ratio of Pithoragarh is 1021 female per thousand male.

Note: Highest Sex-ratio of India is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533). All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Pithoragarh is 7,043.38 Sq. Km. It is 3th largest district in Uttarakhand and 131th largest in India in terms of total area.

Note: Kutch district (45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district (9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.