# Chhitar Village, Chaukhutiya, Almora (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Chaukhutiya, Almora 

# Chhitar

Chhitar is a village in Chaukhutiya sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **613 people in 135 households**, the 19th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 613people (2011)
- 135households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,287females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhitar

Of every 100 households in Chhitar in 2011, 88 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhitar · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**48%

Tap water ****89%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**69%

Use banking services ****100%**

**79%

Television ****45%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chhitar?

■ Chhitar · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1287**

**1297

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1588**

**937

Working population ****47.3%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 70.4% for women. 43% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 202 (70%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (8%) · **■** Marginal 64 (22%)

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

- Bhatkote674 people
- Tatalgaon665 people
- Hat643 people
- Dhudhaliya Bisht642 people
- Fulai608 people
- Jhla603 people
- Bhalt Gaon583 people
- Nagar581 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhitar?613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhitar in?Almora district (Chaukhutiya sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chhitar?79.8% (Census 2011)