# Dharkot Village, Yamkeshwar, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Yamkeshwar, Garhwal 

# Dharkot

Dharkot is a village in Yamkeshwar sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 124 households**, the 9th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 443people (2011)
- 124households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,272females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharkot

Of every 100 households in Dharkot in 2011, 66 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dharkot · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**72%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**74%

Use banking services ****98%**

**82%

Television ****40%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dharkot?

■ Dharkot · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1272**

**1085

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**892

Working population ****74.5%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 65.3% for women. 68% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 51 (15%) · **■** Marginal 137 (42%)

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 Yamkeshwar

- Ganga Bhogpur Talla610 people
- Bukundi587 people
- Sirsu470 people
- Bhadashi445 people
- Awai428 people
- Juledi425 people
- Umroli400 people
- Banchuri398 people

[All 241 villages in Yamkeshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/yamkeshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharkot?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharkot in?Garhwal district (Yamkeshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dharkot?77.4% (Census 2011)