About Maj Kot Village

Maj Kot is a mid sized village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,115, made up of 506 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,204 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maj Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maj Kot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	130.36 hectares
Population	1,115
Male Population	506
Female Population	609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,204
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 Maj Kot compares

By the 2011 count Maj Kot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 130.36 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Maj Kot

Maj Kot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maj Kot 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 Maj Kot from other places

Maj Kot lies about 29 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Maj Kot
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	29 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	29 km
Nearest town	Almora	45 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	76 km

Villages closest to Maj Kot

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.

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Common questions about Maj Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Maj Kot village had a population of 1,115. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Maj Kot village has 506 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maj Kot has about 1204 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

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

Maj Kot covers 130.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maj Kot falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maj Kot is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Maj Kot.

Maj Kot is about 29 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maj Kot is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 29 km away. Bageshwar is about 29 km away. Almora is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.