Ranikhet is a Cantonment Board city in district of Almora, Uttarakhand. The Ranikhet city is divided into 7 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Ranikhet Cantonment Board has population of 18,886 of which 11,412 are males while 7,474 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1797 which is 9.51 % of total population of Ranikhet (CB). In Ranikhet Cantonment Board, Female Sex Ratio is of 655 against state average of 963. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Ranikhet is around 843 compared to Uttarakhand state average of 890. Literacy rate of Ranikhet city is 95.21 % higher than state average of 78.82 %. In Ranikhet, Male literacy is around 97.79 % while female literacy rate is 91.18 %.
Ranikhet Cantonment Board has total administration over 4,760 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Cantonment Board limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Ranikhet 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Ranikhet Cantonment Board in 2024 is approximately
26,600.
The schedule census of 2021 for Ranikhet city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Ranikhet city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Ranikhet town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Ranikhet Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.23 % of total population in Ranikhet (CB).
Ranikhet Work Profile
Out of total population, 8,326 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 7,434 were males while 892 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 8326 working population, 95.22 % were engaged in Main Work while 4.78 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.