About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 35 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,657 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, 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	Kumharsain
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	111.03 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	35
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,657
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 133rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 111.03 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kot

Kot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 27 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	Kumharsain	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kumharsain 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 93. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Kot village has 35 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1657 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 111.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kot falls under Kumharsain 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 27 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 Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.