# Dankot Village, Jakholi*, Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Jakholi*, Rudraprayag 

# Dankot

Dankot is a village in Jakholi* sub-district of Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 91 households**, the 54th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 451people (2011)
- 91households
- 78.8%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dankot

Of every 100 households in Dankot in 2011, 80 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 47 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dankot · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**54%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****47%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**76%

Use banking services ****76%**

**81%

Television ****48%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dankot?

■ Dankot · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**1186

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**919

Working population ****34.6%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 68.0% for women. 40% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (29%) · **■** Other work 34 (22%) · **■** Marginal 30 (19%)

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 Jakholi*

- Khor487 people
- Kirora Malla473 people
- Dobh472 people
- Liswalta466 people
- San445 people
- Makhet435 people
- Udiyan Gaon425 people
- Badhani424 people

[All 138 villages in Jakholi*](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/rudraprayag/jakholi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dankot?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dankot in?Rudraprayag district (Jakholi* sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dankot?78.8% (Census 2011)