# Chaukuna Village, Jainti, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Jainti, Almora 

# Chaukuna

Chaukuna is a village in Jainti sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **386 people in 87 households**, the 24th largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 386people (2011)
- 87households
- 70.2%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukuna

Of every 100 households in Chaukuna in 2011, 42 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaukuna · ■ Jainti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**52%

Tap water ****98%**

**79%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****100%**

**87%

Television ****9%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaukuna?

■ Chaukuna · ■ Jainti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**1092

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****781**

**948

Working population ****49.0%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 49.1% for women. 38% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 179 (95%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Jainti

- Raraun410 people
- Suri406 people
- Khadiya Nauli391 people
- Pitana388 people
- Fatqwal Dungra380 people
- Silpar377 people
- Selta Chapar369 people
- Surkhal350 people

[All 125 villages in Jainti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/jainti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukuna?386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukuna in?Almora district (Jainti sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukuna?70.2% (Census 2011)