# Bash Kaniya Village, Chaukhutiya, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Chaukhutiya, Almora 

# Bash Kaniya

Bash Kaniya is a village in Chaukhutiya sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **181 people in 39 households**, the 88th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 181people (2011)
- 39households
- 74.2%literacy
- 1,181females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bash Kaniya

Of every 100 households in Bash Kaniya in 2011, 80 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bash Kaniya · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**48%

Tap water ****28%**

**79%

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

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**69%

Use banking services ****41%**

**79%

Television ****64%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****13%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****95%**

**92%

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 Bash Kaniya?

■ Bash Kaniya · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1181**

**1297

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****444**

**937

Working population ****58.6%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 60.0% for women. 42% of men and 72% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (7%) · **■** Marginal 36 (34%)

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 Chaukhutiya

- Seera200 people
- Betandhar196 people
- Patalgaon195 people
- Dantola191 people
- Chaleraseem181 people
- Peichuni180 people
- Talli Khtiyari180 people
- Kabdola177 people

[All 176 villages in Chaukhutiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/chaukhutiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bash Kaniya?181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bash Kaniya in?Almora district (Chaukhutiya sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bash Kaniya?74.2% (Census 2011)