# Simal Khet Village, Chaukhutiya, Almora (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Chaukhutiya, Almora 

# Simal Khet

Simal Khet is a village in Chaukhutiya sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 227 households**, the 3rd largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 999people (2011)
- 227households
- 82.3%literacy
- 1,334females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simal Khet

Of every 100 households in Simal Khet in 2011, 99 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 98 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Simal Khet · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**48%

Tap water ****74%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**69%

Use banking services ****97%**

**79%

Television ****79%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****98%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Simal Khet?

■ Simal Khet · ■ Chaukhutiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1334**

**1297

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695**

**937

Working population ****37.4%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 73.2% for women. 27% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 248 (66%) · **■** Other work 89 (24%) · **■** Marginal 37 (10%)

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
- Khira1,146 people
- Ganai988 people
- Jamariya970 people
- Chandikhet951 people
- Kotura882 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simal Khet?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simal Khet in?Almora district (Chaukhutiya sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Simal Khet?82.3% (Census 2011)