# Silkot Village, Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Berinag, Pithoragarh 

# Silkot

Silkot is a village in Berinag sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **56 people in 12 households**, the 199th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 56people (2011)
- 12households
- 73.6%literacy
- 1,435females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silkot

Of every 100 households in Silkot in 2011, 100 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Silkot · ■ Berinag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**42%

Tap water ****33%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**84%

Television ****25%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**90%

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 Silkot?

■ Silkot · ■ Berinag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1435**

**1073

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**806

Working population ****39.3%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 62.5% for women. 26% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 17 (77%) · **■** Other work 1 (5%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Berinag

- Ghanghali58 people
- Bhurola57 people
- Bora Sagar57 people
- Guraina Rajwar57 people
- Manet lagga kaleti55 people
- Sukunkhet55 people
- Thanga55 people
- Naulara54 people

[All 299 villages in Berinag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/berinag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silkot?56 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silkot in?Pithoragarh district (Berinag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Silkot?73.6% (Census 2011)