About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 161 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173219, 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	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173219
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	161
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 59th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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 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 11 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 6.5 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	Jutogh	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 288. That makes it the 59th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kot village has 161 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 173219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kot falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Jutogh, about 6.5 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 - 10 km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 11 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 Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 6.5 km away. Shimla Rural is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.