# Pothing Village, Kapkot, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kapkot, Bageshwar 

# Pothing

Pothing is a village in Kapkot sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,148 people in 453 households**, the 3rd largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,148people (2011)
- 453households
- 75.2%literacy
- 1,142females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pothing

Of every 100 households in Pothing in 2011, 88 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pothing · ■ Kapkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**76%

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

**40%

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

**59%

Tap water ****91%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****99%**

**86%

Television ****37%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**34%

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 Pothing?

■ Pothing · ■ Kapkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1142**

**1089

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**961

Working population ****54.7%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 62.4% for women. 53% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,034 (88%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (5%) · **■** Marginal 79 (7%)

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

- Kapkot2,858 people
- Karmi2,241 people
- Bhanar1,803 people
- Baghar1,771 people
- Liti1,721 people
- Supi1,701 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pothing?2,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pothing in?Bageshwar district (Kapkot sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pothing?75.2% (Census 2011)