# Barakot Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Barakot

Barakot is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,122 people in 268 households**, the 8th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,122people (2011)
- 268households
- 76.0%literacy
- 1,125females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barakot

Of every 100 households in Barakot in 2011, 83 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barakot · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**63%

Tap water ****88%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**74%

Use banking services ****98%**

**75%

Television ****41%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**38%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Barakot?

■ Barakot · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1125**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1183**

**877

Working population ****58.7%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 63.9% for women. 56% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 51 (8%) · **■** Marginal 608 (92%)

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

- Pau1,573 people
- Kaligaon1,307 people
- Raighaon1,257 people
- Koli Dhek1,240 people
- Kakarh969 people
- Jakh Jindi953 people
- Vivil926 people
- Matiyani895 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barakot?1,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakot in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Barakot?76.0% (Census 2011)