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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANJU DEVI
Contact: 87****5554
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- LGD code
- 49048
- Pincode
- 262555
- Post office
- Bansbagar
- Population
- 1,092
- Households
- 240
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1162 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 533
Census 2011 · in context
How Samkot compares
By population, Samkot ranks #3 of 92 villages in Tejam mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.8%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Samkot
- 57.8%
- Tejam mandal
- 63.4%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,162
+67 vs mandal average
- Samkot
- 1,162
- Tejam mandal
- 1,095
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Samkot
- 4.6
- Tejam mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samkot at a glance
Samkot is a village of 1,092 people in 240 households (Census 2011) in Tejam tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 3rd-largest of 92 villages in Tejam tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,162 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262555, served by Bansbagar post office; the LGD village code is 49048. The sarpanch is MANJU DEVI , and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 1,287 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Samkot
- LGD code
- 49048
- Pincode
- 262555
- Post office
- Bansbagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,092
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,287
- Households
- 240
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1162
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tharali
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupal Ram Tamta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANJU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Tejam
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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