About Kot Village

Kot is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 687 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144523
Area (hectares)	445 hectares
Population	1,331
Male Population	687
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 74th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 445 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

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 5 - 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 53 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 3.9 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	Rahon	3.9 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	53 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 1,331. That makes it the 74th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Kot village has 687 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 144523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Rahon, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 53 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Rahon is about 3.9 km away. Nawanshahr is about 5.5 km away. Garhshankar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.