Bharkatia
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| Bharkatia | |
|---|---|
| Bharkatiya Joshi | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Western Himalayas |
| Growing Area | Saur Valley |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Pithoragarh District |
| Tehsil | Pithoragarh Tehsil |
| Coordinates | 29.5738, 80.2614 |
| Settlement | |
| Type | Village |
| Population | 2,646 (2011) |
| Landscape | |
| Elevation | 1,517 m |
| Documentation | |
| Accessions | 1 |
Bharkatia is a village in Pithoragarh tehsil, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India, in the Saur Valley growing area, enumerated in the 2011 census as Bharkatiya Joshi. The census counted 2,646 people in 533 households.[1] One landrace cannabis accession was collected there in September 2025, at 1,517 m.
Geography
Bharkatia lies 7 km from Pithoragarh, the tehsil and district headquarters, and belongs to Munakot block and the gram panchayat of Bharkatiya. The village covers 61 ha.[1] The accession was collected about 5 km east-south-east of Pithoragarh and about 5 km south-east of Jajardewal.
People
Of the 2,646 people counted in 2011, 1,724 were men and 922 women. Of them, 320 belonged to Scheduled Castes and none to Scheduled Tribes.[1]
Cannabis
The accession is seed of a landrace general population from the 2024 harvest, collected from many plants on 11 September 2025 on the UTT01 expedition, the same day as the Jajardewal accessions. It describes a short-day population that reproduces by itself, kept from locally grown flower and from seed bought or acquired, intercropped, sown in May and June and harvested from September to November, for several uses.
Accessions
| Name | ID | Type | Elevation (m) | Collected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250009 | Saur Valley Bharkatia General Population 2024 | ZOM-IND-UTT-0920250009 | General population | 1517 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Directorate of Census Operations, Uttarakhand. District Census Handbook, Pithoragarh (Village amenities spreadsheet (DH_2011_DCHB_Village_Release_0500.xlsx)). Census of India 2011, Uttarakhand, Series 06, Part XII-A. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 November 2026.