# Saknara Village, Bhikiyasain, Almora (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Bhikiyasain, Almora 

# Saknara

Saknara is a village in Bhikiyasain sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **604 people in 153 households**, the 15th largest of 376 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.1%.

- 604people (2011)
- 153households
- 73.3%literacy
- 1,332females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saknara

Of every 100 households in Saknara in 2011, 76 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 44 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saknara · ■ Bhikiyasain rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**57%

Tap water ****33%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****44%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**82%

Use banking services ****50%**

**88%

Television ****48%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Saknara?

■ Saknara · ■ Bhikiyasain rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**77.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1332**

**1307

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**931

Working population ****53.3%**

**61.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 61.4% for women. 45% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 181 (56%) · **■** Other work 27 (8%) · **■** Marginal 114 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhikiyasain

- Tamadhaun671 people
- Paithana629 people
- Basot614 people
- Ghughati606 people
- Lal Nagari598 people
- Sinaura Dangwal570 people
- Timili533 people
- Kuridhar523 people

[All 397 villages in Bhikiyasain](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/bhikiyasain/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saknara?604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saknara in?Almora district (Bhikiyasain sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Saknara?73.3% (Census 2011)