# Kumarkot Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Kumarkot

Kumarkot is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **80 people in 23 households**, the 75th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 80people (2011)
- 23households
- 71.8%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumarkot

Of every 100 households in Kumarkot in 2011, 68 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 32 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kumarkot · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**67%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**73%

Use banking services ****68%**

**88%

Television ****27%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kumarkot?

■ Kumarkot · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**940

Working population ****55.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 48.6% for women. 52% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (70%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (20%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Puraula

- Nagjhala120 people
- Kaslaun117 people
- Chhanika102 people
- Suranukiseri94 people
- Gaul75 people
- Rateri67 people
- Purola Range57 people
- Dokhari31 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kumarkot?80 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumarkot in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kumarkot?71.8% (Census 2011)