# Gaira Village, Ranikhet, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Ranikhet, Almora 

# Gaira

Gaira is a village in Ranikhet sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 16 households**, the 227th largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 89people (2011)
- 16households
- 74.1%literacy
- 1,119females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaira

Of every 100 households in Gaira in 2011, 100 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaira · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**36%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**21%

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

**31%

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

**68%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****12%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****38%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**89%

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 Gaira?

■ Gaira · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1119**

**1121

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**901

Working population ****36.0%**

**47.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 52.4% for women. 36% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (91%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 2 (6%)

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 Ranikhet

- Kharkari92 people
- Kotila92 people
- Punoli92 people
- Walni92 people
- Jakh86 people
- Nausari83 people
- Majethi80 people
- Ranikhet Range80 people

[All 307 villages in Ranikhet](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/ranikhet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaira?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaira in?Almora district (Ranikhet sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gaira?74.1% (Census 2011)