# Rikhakot Village, Dhari, Nainital (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Dhari, Nainital 

# Rikhakot

Rikhakot is a village in Dhari sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 86 households**, the 64th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.9%.

- 479people (2011)
- 86households
- 83.6%literacy
- 774females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rikhakot

Of every 100 households in Rikhakot in 2011, 94 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rikhakot · ■ Dhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**83%

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

**52%

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

**47%

Tap water ****35%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****99%**

**93%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rikhakot?

■ Rikhakot · ■ Dhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**79.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****774**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****745**

**934

Working population ****47.0%**

**57.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 66.1% for women. 47% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 201 (89%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (8%)

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 Dhari

- Guniyalekh504 people
- Anarpa498 people
- Gargari Malli489 people
- Tusrar482 people
- Kaunta476 people
- Padampur474 people
- Bhonra469 people
- Guni Gaon468 people

[All 166 villages in Dhari](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/dhari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rikhakot?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikhakot in?Nainital district (Dhari sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Rikhakot?83.6% (Census 2011)