# Bajel Village, Someshwar, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Someshwar, Almora 

# Bajel

Bajel is a village in Someshwar sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 139 households**, the 21st largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 539people (2011)
- 139households
- 76.7%literacy
- 1,406females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajel

Of every 100 households in Bajel in 2011, 91 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bajel · ■ Someshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**42%

Tap water ****54%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**74%

Use banking services ****88%**

**85%

Television ****39%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Bajel?

■ Bajel · ■ Someshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1406**

**1212

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1107**

**928

Working population ****37.5%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 65.8% for women. 29% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 173 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 20 (10%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Someshwar

- Ajhora577 people
- Paroliya559 people
- Satrasi Arariya545 people
- Digra544 people
- Khari Sunar535 people
- Tana528 people
- Wadyura509 people
- Nirai499 people

[All 150 villages in Someshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/someshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajel?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajel in?Almora district (Someshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bajel?76.7% (Census 2011)