# Dharkot Village, Chiniyalisaur, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Chiniyalisaur, Uttarkashi 

# Dharkot

Dharkot is a village in Chiniyalisaur sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,310 people in 274 households**, the 3rd largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,310people (2011)
- 274households
- 79.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharkot

Of every 100 households in Dharkot in 2011, 60 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dharkot · ■ Chiniyalisaur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**55%

Tap water ****62%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**68%

Use banking services ****99%**

**88%

Television ****28%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****78%**

**86%

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 Dharkot?

■ Dharkot · ■ Chiniyalisaur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**1041

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**913

Working population ****50.6%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 66.3% for women. 48% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 557 (84%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (14%) · **■** Marginal 3 (0%)

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 Chiniyalisaur

- Chinyali6,430 people
- Khalsi1,731 people
- Jestwari1,175 people
- Gadwalgad1,172 people
- Kumrada1,148 people
- Badethi1,110 people

[All 106 villages in Chiniyalisaur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/chiniyalisaur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharkot?1,310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharkot in?Uttarkashi district (Chiniyalisaur sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dharkot?79.3% (Census 2011)