# Balakot Village, Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh 

# Balakot

Balakot is a village in Pithoragarh sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **662 people in 163 households**, the 40th largest of 324 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 662people (2011)
- 163households
- 87.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balakot

Of every 100 households in Balakot in 2011, 94 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balakot · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**50%

Tap water ****92%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**51%

Use banking services ****94%**

**87%

Television ****51%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balakot?

■ Balakot · ■ Pithoragarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**775

Working population ****27.0%**

**46.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 78.8% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (9%) · **■** Marginal 64 (36%)

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 Pithoragarh

- Jakh712 people
- Nisani711 people
- Jamrari686 people
- Katiyani686 people
- Chamali656 people
- Bilai652 people
- Toli Fagali649 people
- Khati Gaon646 people

[All 347 villages in Pithoragarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/pithoragarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balakot?662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakot in?Pithoragarh district (Pithoragarh sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Balakot?87.5% (Census 2011)