About Kot Village

Kot is a large village in Thanamandi tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,480, made up of 1,324 males and 1,156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185212, 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	Rajouri
Tehsil	Thanamandi
Pincode	185212
Area (hectares)	477.9 hectares
Population	2,480
Male Population	1,324
Female Population	1,156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
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 13th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 477.9 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

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 9.3 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 45 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
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.3 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanamandi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	45 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thanamandi 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 2,480. That makes it the 13th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Kot village has 1,324 males and 1,156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 185212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 477.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Dugga, about 45 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 9.3 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 9.3 km away. Rajaori is about 18 km away. Thanamandi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.