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

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Village · Dhari, Nainital 

# Sunkiya

Sunkiya is a village in Dhari sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,524 people in 274 households**, the 4th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.9%.

- 1,524people (2011)
- 274households
- 90.0%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sunkiya

Of every 100 households in Sunkiya in 2011, 97 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sunkiya · ■ Dhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**47%

Tap water ****93%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****98%**

**93%

Television ****70%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**27%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Sunkiya?

■ Sunkiya · ■ Dhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.0%**

**79.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**934

Working population ****61.7%**

**57.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 83.6% for women. 62% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 355 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 124 (13%) · **■** Marginal 440 (47%)

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

- Sharana2,680 people
- Baron1,737 people
- Dall Kanya1,687 people
- Deeni Tallee1,523 people
- Adhariya1,506 people
- Dhanachuli1,506 people
- Babiyar1,480 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sunkiya?1,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sunkiya in?Nainital district (Dhari sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sunkiya?90.0% (Census 2011)