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

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Village · Someshwar, Almora 

# Sakar

Sakar is a village in Someshwar sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **295 people in 65 households**, the 54th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 295people (2011)
- 65households
- 83.7%literacy
- 1,092females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakar

Of every 100 households in Sakar in 2011, 86 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sakar · ■ Someshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**42%

Tap water ****100%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**74%

Use banking services ****96%**

**85%

Television ****67%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sakar?

■ Sakar · ■ Someshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1092**

**1212

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****550**

**928

Working population ****59.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 75.5% for women. 46% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 165 (95%)

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

- Dholara317 people
- Chanoli313 people
- Jyula313 people
- Ratu Rath301 people
- Bheta279 people
- Baman Falya275 people
- Bhauri270 people
- Naikara268 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakar?295 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakar in?Almora district (Someshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sakar?83.7% (Census 2011)