# Gurura Village, Someshwar, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Someshwar, Almora 

# Gurura

Gurura is a village in Someshwar sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 203 households**, the 4th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 875people (2011)
- 203households
- 79.5%literacy
- 1,204females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurura

Of every 100 households in Gurura in 2011, 79 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gurura · ■ Someshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**42%

Tap water ****57%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**74%

Use banking services ****94%**

**85%

Television ****51%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gurura?

■ Gurura · ■ Someshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1204**

**1212

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**928

Working population ****48.1%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 70.5% for women. 46% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 156 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 56 (13%) · **■** Marginal 202 (48%)

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

- Chhani Lwesal1,644 people
- Kantali1,106 people
- Bale1,069 people
- Bayala Khalsa837 people
- Lakhnari834 people
- Palyura759 people
- Khira Kote691 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurura?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurura in?Almora district (Someshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gurura?79.5% (Census 2011)