# Baluwakot Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Baluwakot

Baluwakot is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **5,455 people in 1,225 households**, the 1st largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 5,455people (2011)
- 1,225households
- 80.2%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baluwakot

Of every 100 households in Baluwakot in 2011, 87 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baluwakot · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**65%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**68%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****52%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**47%

Own their home ****86%**

**89%

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 Baluwakot?

■ Baluwakot · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**911

Working population ****51.4%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 70.0% for women. 48% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,101 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (3%) · **■** Household industry 147 (5%) · **■** Other work 556 (20%) · **■** Marginal 919 (33%)

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 Dharchula

- Dharchula Dehat5,205 people
- Ranthi4,932 people
- Jumma3,383 people
- Kalika2,881 people

[All 82 villages in Dharchula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/dharchula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baluwakot?5,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baluwakot in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Baluwakot?80.2% (Census 2011)