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

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Village · Sult, Almora 

# Sankar

Sankar is a village in Sult sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **138 people in 27 households**, the 147th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 138people (2011)
- 27households
- 89.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankar

Of every 100 households in Sankar in 2011, 68 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankar · ■ Sult rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**70%

Tap water ****86%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**89%

Television ****57%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sankar?

■ Sankar · ■ Sult rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**1240

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**932

Working population ****50.0%**

**47.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 77.4% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 46 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 20 (29%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Bhawali Talli143 people
- Darmoli143 people
- Darmi138 people
- Nagtale138 people
- Chami136 people
- Ghuruwa Dhunga136 people
- Bagadiya Sain135 people
- Machhor135 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankar?138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankar in?Almora district (Sult sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sankar?89.7% (Census 2011)