# Birkot Village, Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Tehri, Tehri Garhwal 

# Birkot

Birkot is a village in Tehri sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **127 people in 24 households**, the 226th largest of 329 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 127people (2011)
- 24households
- 79.2%literacy
- 1,190females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birkot

Of every 100 households in Birkot in 2011, 96 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birkot · ■ Tehri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**42%

Tap water ****83%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**46%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**53%

Use banking services ****100%**

**94%

Television ****67%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birkot?

■ Birkot · ■ Tehri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1190**

**1129

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**879

Working population ****48.0%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 67.2% for women. 45% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (10%) · **■** Marginal 4 (7%)

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

- Kothi Talli130 people
- Kharak Bhendi128 people
- Kothi Malli128 people
- Manj Kot128 people
- Koru Bara127 people
- Dharm Ghat126 people
- Koru Chhota126 people
- Tingari119 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birkot?127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birkot in?Tehri Garhwal district (Tehri sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Birkot?79.2% (Census 2011)