Research Article

Traditional Herbal Knowledge among the Inhabitants: A Case Study in Urgam Valley of Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

Table 1

Demographic characteristic of informants.

Variables CategoriesNumber

Age20-309

31-4017

41-5022

51-6026

61-7019

71-803

Gender / specialistMale (general)72

Female (general)17

Male specialist healer4

Female specialist healer3

Education levelIlliterate17

1-527

6-1022

10-1226

>124

Source of knowledgeBy parents71

By other20

Self-experiments5

Total96