# Shikaru Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Shikaru

Shikaru is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **196 people in 31 households**, the 56th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 196people (2011)
- 31households
- 72.9%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikaru

Of every 100 households in Shikaru in 2011, 28 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikaru · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**83%

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

**31%

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

**67%

Tap water ****88%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**40%

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

**26%

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

**73%

Use banking services ****97%**

**88%

Television ****9%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shikaru?

■ Shikaru · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****625**

**940

Working population ****49.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 64.6% for women. 48% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 84 (87%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (12%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%)

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

- Nauri206 people
- Korana202 people
- Bingadhera Malla201 people
- Dhyoralagakhadkyasem200 people
- Dhyoralagasunali187 people
- Moltari186 people
- Lewtari183 people
- Angora177 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikaru?196 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikaru in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Shikaru?72.9% (Census 2011)