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

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Village · Kanda, Bageshwar 

# Simkuna

Simkuna is a village in Kanda sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,310 people in 285 households**, the 1st largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 1,310people (2011)
- 285households
- 68.2%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simkuna

Of every 100 households in Simkuna in 2011, 81 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simkuna · ■ Kanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**79%

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

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**45%

Tap water ****27%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**75%

Use banking services ****38%**

**78%

Television ****34%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Simkuna?

■ Simkuna · ■ Kanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**1127

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**931

Working population ****32.2%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 57.5% for women. 38% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 28 (7%) · **■** Other work 50 (12%) · **■** Marginal 320 (76%)

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

- Simgari751 people
- Pang Chora708 people
- Kande Kanyal702 people
- Mahruri542 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simkuna?1,310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simkuna in?Bageshwar district (Kanda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Simkuna?68.2% (Census 2011)