About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 129 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 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	Theog
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	104 hectares
Population	272
Male Population	129
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,109
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 90th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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 30 km from Shimla, 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	Theog	29 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 272. That makes it the 90th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Kot village has 129 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Kot covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla 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 30 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 Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 20 km away. Theog is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.