# Karakot Village, Jakhnidhar, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Jakhnidhar, Tehri Garhwal 

# Karakot

Karakot is a village in Jakhnidhar sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **126 people in 28 households**, the 79th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 126people (2011)
- 28households
- 73.6%literacy
- 1,377females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karakot

Of every 100 households in Karakot in 2011, 100 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 76 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karakot · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**41%

Tap water ****100%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****76%**

**50%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****21%**

**50%

Use banking services ****100%**

**96%

Television ****41%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karakot?

■ Karakot · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1377**

**1185

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**866

Working population ****46.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 69.4% for women. 49% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 15 (26%) · **■** Marginal 41 (71%)

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 Jakhnidhar

- Jagethi139 people
- Palkot133 people
- Ghogas129 people
- Ali Malli127 people
- Andrethi124 people
- Chami124 people
- Kot119 people
- Pata Walla117 people

[All 138 villages in Jakhnidhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/jakhnidhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karakot?126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karakot in?Tehri Garhwal district (Jakhnidhar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Karakot?73.6% (Census 2011)