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

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Village · Ranikhet, Almora 

# Turkaura

Turkaura is a village in Ranikhet sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 51 households**, the 112th largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 239people (2011)
- 51households
- 94.9%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turkaura

Of every 100 households in Turkaura in 2011, 96 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Turkaura · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**36%

Tap water ****94%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**21%

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

**31%

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

**68%

Use banking services ****0%**

**80%

Television ****25%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Turkaura?

■ Turkaura · ■ Ranikhet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.9%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1121

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**901

Working population ****52.3%**

**47.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 89.8% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 118 (94%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** 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 Ranikhet

- Naini253 people
- Khagyar250 people
- Dhankholi247 people
- Malla Dabhar242 people
- Sutar Gaon238 people
- Jana237 people
- Malli Saloni237 people
- Peepal Khand235 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turkaura?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turkaura in?Almora district (Ranikhet sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Turkaura?94.9% (Census 2011)