About Koku Village

Koku is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 29 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koku village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	27 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	29
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Koku compares

By the 2011 count Koku is the 176th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 27 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Koku

Koku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Koku 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 Koku from other places

Koku lies about 34 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 Koku
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	2.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Koku

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koku village had a population of 62. That makes it the 176th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Koku village has 29 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koku has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Koku is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koku covers 27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koku falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Koku 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 village for Koku.

Koku is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koku is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 2.0 km away. Shimla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.