# Gairkhet Village, Kapkot, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Kapkot, Bageshwar 

# Gairkhet

Gairkhet is a village in Kapkot sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 120 households**, the 40th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 546people (2011)
- 120households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gairkhet

Of every 100 households in Gairkhet in 2011, 87 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gairkhet · ■ Kapkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**59%

Tap water ****98%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****23%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gairkhet?

■ Gairkhet · ■ Kapkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**1089

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**961

Working population ****46.0%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 66.0% for women. 40% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 233 (93%) · **■** Other work 15 (6%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Kapkot

- Guler Gurchhutti592 people
- Dulam577 people
- Chaura563 people
- Cheera Bagar562 people
- Rikhari520 people
- Lahur516 people
- Sumti511 people
- Jhuni510 people

[All 156 villages in Kapkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/kapkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gairkhet?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gairkhet in?Bageshwar district (Kapkot sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gairkhet?79.8% (Census 2011)