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About Sulmati Village

Sulmati is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 80 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263633, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sulmati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sulmati village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263633
Area (hectares) 281.78 hectares
Population 140
Male Population 80
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
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 Sulmati compares

By the 2011 count Sulmati is the 106th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 281.78 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Sulmati

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

Sulmati lies about 20 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 87 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 Sulmati
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 5.9 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 20 km
Nearest town Almora 49 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 87 km

Villages closest to Sulmati

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 Sulmati

As per the Census of India 2011, Sulmati village had a population of 140. That makes it the 106th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Sulmati village has 80 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sulmati has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Sulmati is 263633. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sulmati covers 281.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sulmati falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sulmati is Kathgodam, about 87 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 Sulmati.

Sulmati is about 20 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sulmati is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 5.9 km away. Bageshwar is about 20 km away. Almora is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pothing (2.2 km), Chore Kharak (3.1 km) and Chalkana (3.2 km).

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

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