# Chhanika Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Chhanika

Chhanika is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **102 people in 18 households**, the 73rd largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 102people (2011)
- 18households
- 95.1%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhanika

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

■ Chhanika · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**67%

Tap water ****5%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**73%

Use banking services ****63%**

**88%

Television ****5%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**86%

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 Chhanika?

■ Chhanika · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.1%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****56.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 92.1% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 31 (53%)

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 Puraula

- Darmara126 people
- Kimdar124 people
- Nagjhala120 people
- Kaslaun117 people
- Suranukiseri94 people
- Kumarkot80 people
- Gaul75 people
- Rateri67 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhanika?102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhanika in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chhanika?95.1% (Census 2011)