# Kanar Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Kanar

Kanar is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,304 people in 230 households**, the 13th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,304people (2011)
- 230households
- 69.7%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanar

Of every 100 households in Kanar in 2011, 34 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanar · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**65%

Tap water ****95%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**68%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****10%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**47%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kanar?

■ Kanar · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**911

Working population ****55.8%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 49.4% for women. 52% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 224 (31%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (3%) · **■** Marginal 480 (66%)

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

- Metali1,761 people
- Toli1,701 people
- Duti Bagad1,599 people
- Jarajibli1,335 people
- Khumati1,267 people
- Syankuri1,232 people
- Baram1,043 people
- Dhunga Toli1,025 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanar?1,304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanar in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kanar?69.7% (Census 2011)