# Arakot Village, Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Tehri, Tehri Garhwal 

# Arakot

Arakot is a village in Tehri sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **431 people in 115 households**, the 55th largest of 329 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 431people (2011)
- 115households
- 81.0%literacy
- 1,113females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arakot

Of every 100 households in Arakot in 2011, 98 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 76 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Arakot · ■ Tehri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**42%

Tap water ****39%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**24%

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

**46%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**53%

Use banking services ****100%**

**94%

Television ****62%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

Own their home ****85%**

**92%

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 Arakot?

■ Arakot · ■ Tehri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1113**

**1129

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**879

Working population ****51.5%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 68.7% for women. 50% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (5%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 105 (47%)

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 Tehri

- Kausal452 people
- Dobra443 people
- Sunargaon442 people
- Ghon434 people
- Syansu426 people
- Nagaid Davya424 people
- Palas424 people
- Dobari423 people

[All 357 villages in Tehri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/tehri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arakot?431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arakot in?Tehri Garhwal district (Tehri sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Arakot?81.0% (Census 2011)