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About Kapkoti Village

Kapkoti is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 60 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kapkoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapkoti village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263635
Area (hectares) 59.38 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 60
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapkoti compares

By the 2011 count Kapkoti is the 148th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 59.38 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Kapkoti

Kapkoti is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kapkoti as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kapkoti from other places

Kapkoti lies about 21 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 74 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 Kapkoti
Tehsil headquarters Garud 21 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 21 km
Nearest town Almora 38 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 74 km

Villages closest to Kapkoti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garud 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.

Common questions about Kapkoti

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapkoti village had a population of 130. That makes it the 148th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Kapkoti village has 60 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapkoti has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Kapkoti is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kapkoti covers 59.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kapkoti falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kapkoti is Kathgodam, about 74 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kapkoti.

Kapkoti is about 21 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapkoti is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 21 km away. Bageshwar is about 21 km away. Almora is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silri (under 2 km), Lohar Chora (under 2 km) and Magalta (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kapkoti today is likely to be higher.

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