# Simkhet Village, Garud, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Garud, Bageshwar 

# Simkhet

Simkhet is a village in Garud sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **467 people in 95 households**, the 45th largest of 190 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.2%.

- 467people (2011)
- 95households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,432females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simkhet

Of every 100 households in Simkhet in 2011, 88 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simkhet · ■ Garud rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**44%

Tap water ****99%**

**75%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**78%

Use banking services ****74%**

**78%

Television ****16%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****74%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Simkhet?

■ Simkhet · ■ Garud rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**81.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1432**

**1157

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**901

Working population ****46.3%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 65.0% for women. 41% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 31 (14%) · **■** Marginal 175 (81%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Garud

- Pachana484 people
- Rolyan475 people
- Dudila470 people
- Ana467 people
- Than Dangoli460 people
- Garkhet454 people
- Riuni Lakhamar451 people
- Bunga448 people

[All 197 villages in Garud](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/garud/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simkhet?467 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simkhet in?Bageshwar district (Garud sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Simkhet?75.6% (Census 2011)