About Kot Village

Kot is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 722 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181122
Area (hectares)	207.2 hectares
Population	1,378
Male Population	722
Female Population	656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 49th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 207.2 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

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 22 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 25 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 town	Akhnūr	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	22 km
District headquarters	Jammu	22 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	25 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 1,378. That makes it the 49th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kot village has 722 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 181122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 207.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kot falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 25 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 22 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 4.2 km away. Akhnoor is about 22 km away. Jammu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.