Barkot is a town as well as a nagar panchayat situated in the Uttarkashi District in the state of Uttarakhand in the northern part of India. The district is a part of the Garhwal division. The district, which lies in the higher Himalaya ranges, constitutes the source of both the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers, which attract thousands of Hindu pilgrims. The Dehradun District surrounds the district on the north by the state of Himachal Pradesh, on the northeast by Tibet, on the east by the Chamoli District, on the southeast by the Rudraprayag District, on the south by the Tehri Garhwal District, and on the west.

As per the 2001 India census, Barkot has a total population of 6098. Males amount to 56% of the population and females make up 44%. The town of Barkot has a mean literacy rate of 73%, higher than the nationwide standard of 59.5%. 63% of the males and 37% of the females are literate. 14% of the population consists of children below six years of age.