# Shelakhet Village, Dhari, Nainital (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Dhari, Nainital 

# Shelakhet

Shelakhet is a village in Dhari sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **119 people in 21 households**, the 133rd largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.9%.

- 119people (2011)
- 21households
- 86.4%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shelakhet

Of every 100 households in Shelakhet in 2011, 100 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shelakhet · ■ Dhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**47%

Tap water ****100%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**28%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**93%

Television ****0%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Shelakhet?

■ Shelakhet · ■ Dhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**79.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**934

Working population ****81.5%**

**57.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.0% for men and 75.0% for women. 79% of men and 84% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 40 (41%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 53 (55%)

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 Dhari

- Ramela Gaon123 people
- Sore122 people
- Aam119 people
- Nadgal119 people
- Kafroli118 people
- Bagaur110 people
- Kot Pandey109 people
- Dalauz104 people

[All 166 villages in Dhari](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/dhari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shelakhet?119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shelakhet in?Nainital district (Dhari sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Shelakhet?86.4% (Census 2011)