# Sankari Village, Pokhari, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Pokhari, Chamoli 

# Sankari

Sankari is a village in Pokhari sub-district of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **423 people in 100 households**, the 29th largest of 135 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 423people (2011)
- 100households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,126females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankari

Of every 100 households in Sankari in 2011, 83 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sankari · ■ Pokhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**48%

Tap water ****74%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**72%

Use banking services ****98%**

**89%

Television ****40%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Sankari?

■ Sankari · ■ Pokhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1126**

**1116

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****688**

**895

Working population ****37.8%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 59.9% for women. 30% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (20%) · **■** Marginal 115 (72%)

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 Pokhari

- Dungar480 people
- Sinau Talla Malla478 people
- Ali457 people
- Bhikauna441 people
- Jilasu414 people
- Sarna402 people
- Guniyala385 people
- Sarmola378 people

[All 142 villages in Pokhari](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/chamoli/pokhari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankari?423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankari in?Chamoli district (Pokhari sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sankari?73.7% (Census 2011)