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

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Village · Someshwar, Almora 

# Nirai

Nirai is a village in Someshwar sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 111 households**, the 25th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 499people (2011)
- 111households
- 75.5%literacy
- 1,189females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nirai

Of every 100 households in Nirai in 2011, 72 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nirai · ■ Someshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**42%

Tap water ****64%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**25%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****84%**

**85%

Television ****36%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Nirai?

■ Nirai · ■ Someshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1189**

**1212

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**928

Working population ****39.9%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 62.9% for women. 43% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (21%) · **■** Marginal 41 (21%)

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

- Bajel539 people
- Khari Sunar535 people
- Tana528 people
- Wadyura509 people
- Nainoli458 people
- Bhaisargaon454 people
- Sail454 people
- Arjunrath452 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nirai?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nirai in?Almora district (Someshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Nirai?75.5% (Census 2011)