# Jihara Village, Sult, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sult, Almora 

# Jihara

Jihara is a village in Sult sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **306 people in 81 households**, the 67th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 306people (2011)
- 81households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,372females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jihara

Of every 100 households in Jihara in 2011, 69 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jihara · ■ Sult rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**70%

Tap water ****92%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**89%

Television ****32%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**28%

Own their home ****87%**

**94%

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 Jihara?

■ Jihara · ■ Sult rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1372**

**1240

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**932

Working population ****33.0%**

**47.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 62.8% for women. 40% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 78 (77%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (16%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Sult

- Chichoan317 people
- Harara Tariyal314 people
- Gumati313 people
- Dungari311 people
- Sarai Khet305 people
- Newal Gaon298 people
- Maina Kote297 people
- Gewaipani291 people

[All 232 villages in Sult](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/sult/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jihara?306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jihara in?Almora district (Sult sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jihara?74.5% (Census 2011)