About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 168 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171215, 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	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171215
Area (hectares)	90 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	168
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 37th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

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 10+ 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 Kot from other places

Kot lies about 37 km from Shimla. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	9.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	37 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jubbal 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 336. That makes it the 37th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Kot village has 168 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 171215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 90 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 Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kot notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 37 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 9.3 km away. Shimla is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.