# Khira Village, Chaukhutiya, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Chaukhutiya, Almora 

# Khira

Khira is a village in Chaukhutiya sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,146 people in 261 households**, the 2nd largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 1,146people (2011)
- 261households
- 73.6%literacy
- 1,368females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khira

Of every 100 households in Khira in 2011, 74 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khira · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**48%

Tap water ****17%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**69%

Use banking services ****16%**

**79%

Television ****34%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**17%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Khira?

■ Khira · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1368**

**1297

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**937

Working population ****71.6%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 62.1% for women. 68% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 312 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (11%) · **■** Marginal 409 (50%)

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

- Masi1,570 people
- Simal Khet999 people
- Ganai988 people
- Jamariya970 people
- Chandikhet951 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khira?1,146 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khira in?Almora district (Chaukhutiya sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Khira?73.6% (Census 2011)