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Basikhet Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Basikhet is a medium size village located in Gangolihat Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 107 families residing. The Basikhet village has population of 428 of which 181 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basikhet village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 9.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basikhet village is 1365 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Basikhet as per census is 1167, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Basikhet village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basikhet village was 84.58 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Basikhet Male literacy stands at 96.93 % while female literacy rate was 75.66 %.

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

Basikhet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 107 - -
Population 428 181 247
Child (0-6) 39 18 21
Schedule Caste 76 37 39
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.58 % 96.93 % 75.66 %
Total Workers 198 76 122
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 50 31 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.76 % of total population in Basikhet village. The village Basikhet currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basikhet village out of total population, 198 were engaged in work activities. 74.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 198 workers engaged in Main Work, 135 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.