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Gankot Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Gankot is a medium size village located in Pithoragarh Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 99 families residing. The Gankot village has population of 516 of which 265 are males while 251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gankot village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 14.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gankot village is 947 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Gankot as per census is 900, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Gankot village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gankot village was 82.05 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Gankot Male literacy stands at 96.00 % while female literacy rate was 67.44 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gankot village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gankot village.

Gankot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 516 265 251
Child (0-6) 76 40 36
Schedule Caste 373 197 176
Schedule Tribe 14 9 5
Literacy 82.05 % 96.00 % 67.44 %
Total Workers 161 130 31
Main Worker 126 - -
Marginal Worker 35 32 3

Caste Factor

In Gankot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.29 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.71 % of total population in Gankot village.

Work Profile

In Gankot village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 78.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.