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

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Village · Kanda, Bageshwar 

# Taknar

Taknar is a village in Kanda sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **208 people in 45 households**, the 45th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 208people (2011)
- 45households
- 75.4%literacy
- 1,167females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taknar

Of every 100 households in Taknar in 2011, 91 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taknar · ■ Kanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**45%

Tap water ****85%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**75%

Use banking services ****65%**

**78%

Television ****46%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Taknar?

■ Taknar · ■ Kanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1167**

**1127

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****650**

**931

Working population ****48.6%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 63.6% for women. 33% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (78%) · **■** Household industry 10 (10%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 6 (6%)

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

- Naghar Majila214 people
- Mad Gopeshwar210 people
- Rawat Sera210 people
- Hathrsiya208 people
- Banstoli206 people
- Nargoli205 people
- Ratghar201 people
- Pathkyura197 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taknar?208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taknar in?Bageshwar district (Kanda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Taknar?75.4% (Census 2011)