About Amar Kot Village

Amar Kot is a mid sized village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,624, made up of 908 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amar Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amar Kot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	81.1 hectares
Population	1,624
Male Population	908
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amar Kot compares

By the 2011 count Amar Kot is the 21st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 81.1 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Amar Kot

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

Amar Kot lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 52 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 Amar Kot
District headquarters	Sirmaur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	22 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	52 km

Villages closest to Amar Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 Amar Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Amar Kot village had a population of 1,624. That makes it the 21st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Amar Kot village has 908 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amar 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 915.

The pincode recorded for Amar Kot is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amar Kot covers 81.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Amar Kot falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amar Kot is Dehradun, about 52 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 Amar Kot.

Amar Kot is about 20 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amar Kot is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Sirmaur is about 20 km away. Paonta Sahib is about 22 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.