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- LGD code
- 40199
- Pincode
- 249128
- Post office
- Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
- Population
- 748
- Households
- 188
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Sex ratio
- 794 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 403
Census 2011 · in context
How Arakot compares
By population, Arakot ranks #9 of 76 villages in Mori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.3%
+12.9% vs mandal average
- Arakot
- 69.3%
- Mori mandal
- 56.4%
- Uttar Kashi district
- 65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
794
−129 vs mandal average
- Arakot
- 794
- Mori mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
4.0
−1.4 vs mandal average
- Arakot
- 4.0
- Mori mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arakot at a glance
Arakot is a village of 748 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Mori tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 9th-largest of 76 villages in Mori tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 794 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 249128, served by Mori (Tehri Garhwal) post office; the LGD village code is 40199. The village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 882 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Arakot
- LGD code
- 40199
- Pincode
- 249128
- Post office
- Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 748
- Population (projected 2026)
- 882
- Households
- 188
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 794
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purola
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durgeshwar Lal
- Block / Mandal
- Mori
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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