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Balakot Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Balakot is a medium size village located in Pithoragarh Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 163 families residing. The Balakot village has population of 662 of which 338 are males while 324 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balakot village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 13.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balakot village is 959 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Balakot as per census is 692, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Balakot village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balakot village was 87.46 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Balakot Male literacy stands at 96.15 % while female literacy rate was 78.82 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Balakot 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 Balakot village.

Balakot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 662 338 324
Child (0-6) 88 52 36
Schedule Caste 259 130 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.46 % 96.15 % 78.82 %
Total Workers 179 155 24
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 64 57 7

Caste Factor

In Balakot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.12 % of total population in Balakot village. The village Balakot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balakot village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 64.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.