# Sankot Village, Tharali, Chamoli (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Tharali, Chamoli 

# Sankot

Sankot is a village in Tharali sub-district of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **694 people in 136 households**, the 24th largest of 315 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 694people (2011)
- 136households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankot

Of every 100 households in Sankot in 2011, 63 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankot · ■ Tharali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**52%

Tap water ****52%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**19%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****98%**

**88%

Television ****24%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****71%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**91%

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 Sankot?

■ Sankot · ■ Tharali rural average

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

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**1094

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**863

Working population ****60.2%**

**47.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 61.9% for women. 58% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 122 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 257 (61%)

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 Tharali

- Purna741 people
- Balan732 people
- Beradhar713 people
- Ghes702 people
- Bhenta671 people
- Bunga669 people
- Bank664 people
- Talwari State655 people

[All 325 villages in Tharali](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/chamoli/tharali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankot?694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankot in?Chamoli district (Tharali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sankot?75.6% (Census 2011)