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

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Village · Ranikhet, Almora 

# Hidam

Hidam is a village in Ranikhet sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **426 people in 79 households**, the 51st largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 426people (2011)
- 79households
- 77.3%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hidam

Of every 100 households in Hidam in 2011, 90 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hidam · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**36%

Tap water ****8%**

**78%

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

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**68%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****23%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hidam?

■ Hidam · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**1121

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**901

Working population ****51.2%**

**47.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 64.9% for women. 48% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 88 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 121 (56%)

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

- Manari468 people
- Diholi465 people
- Matela Manihar457 people
- Saula433 people
- Nau Gaon424 people
- Mahat Gaon423 people
- Vabur Khola422 people
- Pastorawar415 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hidam?426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hidam in?Almora district (Ranikhet sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Hidam?77.3% (Census 2011)