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Payan Population - Almora, Uttarakhand

Payan is a small village located in Someshwar Tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand with total 35 families residing. The Payan village has population of 138 of which 43 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payan village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 17.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payan village is 2209 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Payan as per census is 2429, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Payan village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Payan village was 74.56 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Payan Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 62.82 %.

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

Payan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 138 43 95
Child (0-6) 24 7 17
Schedule Caste 8 3 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.56 % 100.00 % 62.82 %
Total Workers 60 16 44
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.80 % of total population in Payan village. The village Payan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Payan village out of total population, 60 were engaged in work activities. 98.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 60 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.