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About Jatarkot Village

Jatarkot is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 33 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jatarkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jatarkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 120.42 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 33
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jatarkot compares

By the 2011 count Jatarkot is the 124th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 120.42 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Jatarkot

Jatarkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jatarkot 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 Jatarkot from other places

Jatarkot lies about 30 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 96 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 Jatarkot
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 13 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 30 km
Nearest town Almora 58 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 96 km

Villages closest to Jatarkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jatarkot village had a population of 67. That makes it the 124th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Jatarkot village has 33 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jatarkot has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Jatarkot is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jatarkot covers 120.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jatarkot falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jatarkot is Kathgodam, about 96 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 Jatarkot.

Jatarkot is about 30 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jatarkot is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 13 km away. Bageshwar is about 30 km away. Almora is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munar (1.8 km), Dhakuri Van (1.8 km) and Rikhari (1.8 km).

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

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