Garkhet Population - Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Garkhet is a medium size village located in Garud Tehsil of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand with total 94 families residing. The Garkhet village has population of 454 of which 202 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garkhet village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 17.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garkhet village is 1248 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Garkhet as per census is 1000, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Garkhet village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Garkhet village was 79.14 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Garkhet Male literacy stands at 93.21 % while female literacy rate was 68.40 %.

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

Garkhet Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	454	202	252
Child (0-6)	80	40	40
Schedule Caste	280	132	148
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.14 %	93.21 %	68.40 %
Total Workers	211	87	124
Main Worker	153	-	-
Marginal Worker	58	33	25

Caste Factor

In Garkhet village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.67 % of total population in Garkhet village. The village Garkhet currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garkhet village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 72.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.