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- LGD code
- 51984
- Pincode
- 263656
- Post office
- Ganai
- Population
- 159
- Households
- 33
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1409 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 74
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanikhola compares
By population, Kanikhola ranks #98 of 176 villages in Chaukhutiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.2%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Kanikhola
- 74.2%
- Chaukhutiya mandal
- 70.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,409
+112 vs mandal average
- Kanikhola
- 1,409
- Chaukhutiya mandal
- 1,297
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kanikhola
- 4.8
- Chaukhutiya mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanikhola at a glance
Kanikhola is a village of 159 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Chaukhutiya tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 98th-largest of 176 villages in Chaukhutiya tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,409 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263656, served by Ganai post office; the LGD village code is 51984. The population is estimated at 187 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kanikhola
- LGD code
- 51984
- Pincode
- 263656
- Post office
- Ganai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 159
- Population (projected 2026)
- 187
- Households
- 33
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1409
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarahat
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Block / Mandal
- Chaukhutiya
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- ChandikhetChaukhutiya mandal951 pop
- KoturaChaukhutiya mandal882 pop
- AkhoriaChaukhutiya mandal782 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)