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

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Village · Someshwar, Almora 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Someshwar sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **344 people in 69 households**, the 44th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 344people (2011)
- 69households
- 87.5%literacy
- 1,137females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 58 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Someshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**42%

Tap water ****100%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**74%

Use banking services ****72%**

**85%

Television ****37%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Someshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1137**

**1212

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**928

Working population ****47.1%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 76.9% for women. 48% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (25%) · **■** Other work 55 (34%) · **■** Marginal 17 (10%)

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

- Agar Raulkuri366 people
- Malla Kholi364 people
- Dhumargaon361 people
- Lod Batuliya357 people
- Darim Khola338 people
- Nakot335 people
- Kakrad326 people
- Falyati323 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Almora district (Someshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?87.5% (Census 2011)