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

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Village · Sult, Almora 

# Taram

Taram is a village in Sult sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,202 people in 274 households**, the 2nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,202people (2011)
- 274households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,146females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taram

Of every 100 households in Taram in 2011, 13 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taram · ■ Sult rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****59%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****70%**

**89%

Television ****9%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Taram?

■ Taram · ■ Sult rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1146**

**1240

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**932

Working population ****50.0%**

**47.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 59.9% for women. 44% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 409 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 130 (22%)

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

- Jakh1,399 people
- Matakhani1,168 people
- Panua Devakhan1,167 people
- Dabhara Saural999 people
- Nail968 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taram?1,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taram in?Almora district (Sult sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Taram?72.2% (Census 2011)