# Basikhet Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Basikhet

Basikhet is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **428 people in 107 households**, the 46th largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 428people (2011)
- 107households
- 84.6%literacy
- 1,365females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basikhet

Of every 100 households in Basikhet in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 90 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basikhet · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****90%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****10%**

**79%

Use banking services ****99%**

**74%

Television ****88%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**34%

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 Basikhet?

■ Basikhet · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1365**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**870

Working population ****46.3%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 75.7% for women. 42% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 135 (68%) · **■** Other work 13 (7%) · **■** Marginal 50 (25%)

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 Gangolihat

- Pokhari450 people
- Gwari Malli448 people
- Jiwal443 people
- Batgeri441 people
- Boyel428 people
- Nayal Gunth420 people
- Jarmal Gaon414 people
- Bhama412 people

[All 340 villages in Gangolihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/gangolihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basikhet?428 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basikhet in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basikhet?84.6% (Census 2011)