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Sunkiya Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Sunkiya is a medium size village located in Dhari Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 274 families residing. The Sunkiya village has population of 1524 of which 791 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sunkiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 14.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sunkiya village is 927 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Sunkiya as per census is 838, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Sunkiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sunkiya village was 89.99 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Sunkiya Male literacy stands at 95.99 % while female literacy rate was 83.62 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sunkiya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sunkiya village.

Sunkiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,524 791 733
Child (0-6) 215 117 98
Schedule Caste 253 141 112
Schedule Tribe 14 8 6
Literacy 89.99 % 95.99 % 83.62 %
Total Workers 940 490 450
Main Worker 500 - -
Marginal Worker 440 117 323

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.92 % of total population in Sunkiya village.

Work Profile

In Sunkiya village out of total population, 940 were engaged in work activities. 53.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 940 workers engaged in Main Work, 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.