Village · Jakhnidhar, Tehri Garhwal
# Garakot

Garakot is a village in Jakhnidhar sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted 538 people in 151 households, the 15th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.
- 538 people (2011)
- 151 households
- 71.5% literacy
- 1,402 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garakot

Of every 100 households in Garakot in 2011, 79 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 61 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garakot · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 79% 90%
- Toilet within the home 34% 59%
- No toilet (open defecation) 66% 41%
- Tap water 97% 64%
- Drinking water within premises 23% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 61% 50%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 39% 50%
- Use banking services 98% 96%
- Television 35% 54%
- Mobile phone 64% 69%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 4%
- None of these assets 32% 20%
- Own their home 99% 93%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Garakot?

■ Garakot · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.5% 77.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1402 1185
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 889 866
- Working population 60.6% 47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 60.3% for women. 48% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 9 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 5 (2%) · ■ Marginal 311 (95%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jakhnidhar
- Chholgaon 673 people
- Panchoor 623 people
- Ragara Pipola 623 people
- Chheti 576 people
- Pipola 523 people
- Kumardhar Maya Maroda 521 people
- Mathiyali 510 people
- Nandgaon 486 people

All 138 villages in Jakhnidhar

## Other places named Garakot
- Garakot · Village, Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal · 572 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Garakot? 538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garakot in? Tehri Garhwal district (Jakhnidhar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Garakot? 71.5% (Census 2011)

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