# Chukam Village, Ramnagar, Nainital (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Ramnagar, Nainital 

# Chukam

Chukam is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **444 people in 84 households**, the 60th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 444people (2011)
- 84households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chukam

Of every 100 households in Chukam in 2011, 96 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chukam · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**42%

Tap water ****0%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**67%

Use banking services ****48%**

**63%

Television ****45%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**22%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****55%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**77%

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 Chukam?

■ Chukam · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**912

Working population ****29.1%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 64.3% for women. 47% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 76 (59%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Ramnagar

- Chhoi491 people
- Beriya471 people
- Sakkhanpur450 people
- Dhanpur Gusain445 people
- Bhawanipur Bari443 people
- Kiari Bandobast433 people
- Chainpuri432 people
- Nayagaon Chauhan432 people

[All 146 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/ramnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chukam?444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chukam in?Nainital district (Ramnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chukam?72.2% (Census 2011)