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About Gadot Village

Gadot is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 95 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Rakkar
Pincode 177108
Area (hectares) 145.49 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 95
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadot compares

By the 2011 count Gadot is the 64th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 145.49 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Gadot

Gadot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gadot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gadot from other places

Gadot lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Gadot
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Rakkar 20 km
District headquarters Kangra 23 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 37 km

Villages closest to Gadot

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

Common questions about Gadot

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadot village had a population of 185. That makes it the 64th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Gadot village has 95 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadot has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Gadot is 177108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadot covers 145.49 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.

Gadot falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gadot is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Gadot.

Gadot is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadot is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Rakkar is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balehra (3.8 km), Shantla (4.0 km) and Aloh (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gadot today is likely to be higher.

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