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About Loharkhet Village

Loharkhet is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 6 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharkhet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 6.92 hectares
Population 13
Male Population 6
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Loharkhet compares

By the 2011 count Loharkhet is the 137th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 6.92 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Loharkhet

Loharkhet is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Loharkhet as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Loharkhet from other places

Loharkhet lies about 27 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 94 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 Loharkhet
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 10 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 27 km
Nearest town Almora 56 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 94 km

Villages closest to Loharkhet

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 Loharkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharkhet village had a population of 13. That makes it the 137th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Loharkhet village has 6 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharkhet has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

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

Loharkhet covers 6.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loharkhet falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Loharkhet is Kathgodam, about 94 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Loharkhet.

Loharkhet is about 27 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loharkhet is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 10 km away. Bageshwar is about 27 km away. Almora is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaura Sthal (under 2 km), Dhakuri Van (2.2 km) and Kaphali Kamera (2.2 km).

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

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