# Kalika Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Kalika

Kalika is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,881 people in 613 households**, the 5th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,881people (2011)
- 613households
- 80.5%literacy
- 1,073females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalika

Of every 100 households in Kalika in 2011, 90 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kalika · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**56%

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

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**65%

Tap water ****99%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**68%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****53%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**47%

Own their home ****95%**

**89%

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 Kalika?

■ Kalika · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1073**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**911

Working population ****53.1%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 69.6% for women. 49% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (1%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (8%) · **■** Marginal 1,339 (88%)

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 Dharchula

- Baluwakot5,455 people
- Dharchula Dehat5,205 people
- Ranthi4,932 people
- Jumma3,383 people
- Galati2,236 people
- Payya Pauri1,806 people
- Khela1,764 people
- Metali1,761 people

[All 82 villages in Dharchula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/dharchula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalika?2,881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalika in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kalika?80.5% (Census 2011)