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Kaniya Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Kaniya is a large village located in Ramnagar Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 458 families residing. The Kaniya village has population of 2099 of which 1055 are males while 1044 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaniya village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaniya village is 990 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaniya as per census is 908, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kaniya village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaniya village was 87.72 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kaniya Male literacy stands at 93.94 % while female literacy rate was 81.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kaniya 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 Kaniya village.

Kaniya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 458 - -
Population 2,099 1,055 1,044
Child (0-6) 250 131 119
Schedule Caste 411 221 190
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 87.72 % 93.94 % 81.51 %
Total Workers 643 481 162
Main Worker 575 - -
Marginal Worker 68 22 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.24 % of total population in Kaniya village.

Work Profile

In Kaniya village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 89.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.