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2 die due to contaminated drinking water in Nainital, 6 Uttarakhand engineers suspended due to negligence
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- LGD code
- 55001
- Pincode
- 263136
- Post office
- Bhimtal
- Population
- 626
- Households
- 133
- Literacy rate
- 54.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 359
Census 2011 · in context
How Sunkot compares
By population, Sunkot ranks #29 of 109 villages in Dhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.2%
−14.9% vs mandal average
- Sunkot
- 54.2%
- Dhari mandal
- 69.1%
- Nainital district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
+73 vs mandal average
- Sunkot
- 1,026
- Dhari mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Sunkot
- 4.7
- Dhari mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sunkot at a glance
Sunkot is a village of 626 people in 133 households (Census 2011) in Dhari tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 29th-largest of 109 villages in Dhari tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263136, served by Bhimtal post office; the LGD village code is 55001. The population is estimated at 738 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Sunkot
- LGD code
- 55001
- Pincode
- 263136
- Post office
- Bhimtal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 626
- Population (projected 2026)
- 738
- Households
- 133
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 54.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarahat
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Block / Mandal
- Dhari
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)