# Kankata Village, Gadarpur, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gadarpur, Udham Singh Nagar 

# Kankata

Kankata is a village in Gadarpur sub-district of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **597 people in 119 households**, the 58th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 597people (2011)
- 119households
- 71.6%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kankata

Of every 100 households in Kankata in 2011, 96 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 84 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 62 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kankata · ■ Gadarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****84%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**79%

Use banking services ****94%**

**69%

Television ****79%**

**59%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****62%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kankata?

■ Kankata · ■ Gadarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**916

Working population ****37.0%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 67.9% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (14%) · **■** Other work 21 (10%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Gadarpur

- Ratanpura685 people
- Shyamnagar628 people
- Mukundpur617 people
- Gopal Nagar597 people
- Calcutta563 people
- Alakhdeva534 people
- Fatehganj517 people
- Kuan Khera504 people

[All 71 villages in Gadarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/udham-singh-nagar/gadarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kankata?597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankata in?Udham Singh Nagar district (Gadarpur sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kankata?71.6% (Census 2011)