# Chandikhet Village, Chaukhutiya, Almora (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Chaukhutiya, Almora 

# Chandikhet

Chandikhet is a village in Chaukhutiya sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **951 people in 223 households**, the 6th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 951people (2011)
- 223households
- 89.0%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandikhet

Of every 100 households in Chandikhet in 2011, 99 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 78 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Chandikhet · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**48%

Tap water ****88%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****78%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**69%

Use banking services ****96%**

**79%

Television ****74%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****60%**

**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 Chandikhet?

■ Chandikhet · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**1297

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**937

Working population ****50.6%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 84.8% for women. 59% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 263 (55%) · **■** Marginal 64 (13%)

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

- Khira1,146 people
- Simal Khet999 people
- Ganai988 people
- Jamariya970 people
- Kotura882 people
- Akhoria782 people
- Bairati763 people
- Rampur742 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandikhet?951 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandikhet in?Almora district (Chaukhutiya sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chandikhet?89.0% (Census 2011)