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About Nakuri Village

Nakuri is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 953, made up of 474 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1016.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263633, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nakuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nakuri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263633
Area (hectares) 1016.04 hectares
Population 953
Male Population 474
Female Population 479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nakuri compares

By the 2011 count Nakuri is the 16th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 1016.04 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Nakuri

Nakuri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nakuri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Nakuri from other places

Nakuri lies about 18 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 67 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 Nakuri
District headquarters Bageshwar 18 km
Nearest town Almora 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 31 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 67 km

Villages closest to Nakuri

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 Nakuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Nakuri village had a population of 953. That makes it the 16th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Nakuri village has 474 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nakuri has about 1011 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 Nakuri is 263633. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nakuri covers 1016.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nakuri falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nakuri is Kathgodam, about 67 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nakuri.

Nakuri is about 18 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nakuri is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 18 km away. Almora is about 30 km away. Kapkot is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sima (1.7 km), Jagthana Van (5.1 km) and Bhalauri (5.5 km).

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

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