About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Chamoli tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 61 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,262 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Chamoli
Pincode	246449
Area (hectares)	56.65 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	61
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,262
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 Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is the 143rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 381 residents. Its 56.65 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Dharkot

Dharkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dharkot 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 Dharkot from other places

Dharkot lies about 7.2 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 103 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 Dharkot
Tehsil headquarters	Chamoli	7.2 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	55 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	103 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 138. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 381 residents.

Dharkot village has 61 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1262 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 246449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 56.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharkot falls under Chamoli tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Kotdwara, about 103 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 Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 7.2 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharkot is in Chamoli tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 7.2 km away. Srīnagar is about 55 km away. Kotdwara is about 103 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.