About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 161 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,149 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176040
Area (hectares)	271.56 hectares
Population	346
Male Population	161
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,149
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 31st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 271.56 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Kot

Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kot from other places

Kot lies about 40 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 36 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kot
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	36 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	40 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 346. That makes it the 31st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Kot village has 161 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1149 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 176040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 271.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kot falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Kiratpur Sahib, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kot.

Kot is about 40 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Dhatwal is about 27 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.