About Kot Village

Kot is a mid sized village in Kotli tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 334 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,186 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 691400, 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	Mandi
Tehsil	Kotli
Pincode	691400
Area (hectares)	195.73 hectares
Population	730
Male Population	334
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,186
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 5th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 195.73 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1084.

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 101 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 19 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 railway station	Salogra	19 km
Nearest town	Solan	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotli	21 km
District headquarters	Mandi	101 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotli 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 730. That makes it the 5th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Kot village has 334 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1186 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1084.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 691400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 195.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Kotli tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Salogra, about 19 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 101 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Kotli tehsil of Mandi district. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 20 km away. Kotli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.