# Nirkote Village, Dwarahat, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dwarahat, Almora 

# Nirkote

Nirkote is a village in Dwarahat sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **194 people in 49 households**, the 105th largest of 206 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 194people (2011)
- 49households
- 81.1%literacy
- 1,337females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nirkote

Of every 100 households in Nirkote in 2011, 86 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nirkote · ■ Dwarahat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**39%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**62%

Use banking services ****80%**

**89%

Television ****70%**

**61%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Nirkote?

■ Nirkote · ■ Dwarahat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1337**

**1275

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**912

Working population ****47.4%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 70.9% for women. 37% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 88 (96%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Dwarahat

- Malla Surana203 people
- Chura And Chak Gaja202 people
- Jaminiwar200 people
- Melta200 people
- Agar189 people
- Budali186 people
- Nataguli185 people
- Rupanoula171 people

[All 220 villages in Dwarahat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/dwarahat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nirkote?194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nirkote in?Almora district (Dwarahat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Nirkote?81.1% (Census 2011)