# Alkanya Village, Kanda, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kanda, Bageshwar 

# Alkanya

Alkanya is a village in Kanda sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 60 households**, the 34th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 256people (2011)
- 60households
- 85.8%literacy
- 1,327females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alkanya

Of every 100 households in Alkanya in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 100 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alkanya · ■ Kanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**45%

Tap water ****100%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****100%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**78%

Television ****100%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Alkanya?

■ Alkanya · ■ Kanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1327**

**1127

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**931

Working population ****46.9%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 75.9% for women. 35% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 81 (68%) · **■** Other work 21 (18%) · **■** Marginal 18 (15%)

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 Kanda

- Majgaon290 people
- Bhantola283 people
- Dhapoli265 people
- Bhesyuri263 people
- Mana Kabhara251 people
- Dhola Gaon247 people
- Thala235 people
- Chonala225 people

[All 180 villages in Kanda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/kanda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alkanya?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkanya in?Bageshwar district (Kanda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Alkanya?85.8% (Census 2011)