# Banku Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Banku

Banku is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **340 people in 73 households**, the 76th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 340people (2011)
- 73households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,166females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banku

Of every 100 households in Banku in 2011, 80 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banku · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**63%

Tap water ****57%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**74%

Use banking services ****23%**

**75%

Television ****59%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**93%

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 Banku?

■ Banku · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1166**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**877

Working population ****22.6%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 69.8% for women. 39% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 54 (70%) · **■** Other work 9 (12%) · **■** Marginal 14 (18%)

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 Lohaghat

- Tari Gaon358 people
- Gangnaula356 people
- Bandela Dhek351 people
- Chhulapia341 people
- Koyati Khalsa327 people
- Lari317 people
- Dumdai316 people
- Bakarya Julla313 people

[All 287 villages in Lohaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/lohaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banku?340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banku in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banku?80.1% (Census 2011)