# Kanakot Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Kanakot

Kanakot is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **857 people in 197 households**, the 15th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 857people (2011)
- 197households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,164females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanakot

Of every 100 households in Kanakot in 2011, 57 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanakot · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**63%

Tap water ****96%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**21%

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

**26%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****66%**

**75%

Television ****18%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kanakot?

■ Kanakot · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1164**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**877

Working population ****41.5%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 57.9% for women. 39% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 81 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (13%) · **■** Marginal 229 (64%)

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

- Vivil926 people
- Matiyani895 people
- Raikot Kunwar871 people
- Dungraleti866 people
- Sela Salpar845 people
- Baskuni842 people
- Forti828 people
- Khuna Bora795 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanakot?857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakot in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakot?72.0% (Census 2011)