About Roykot Village

Roykot is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 35 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,543 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Roykot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Roykot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	15.32 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	35
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,543
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Roykot compares

By the 2011 count Roykot is the 172nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 15.32 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Roykot

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

Roykot lies about 20 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, 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 Roykot
District headquarters	Chamoli	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	20 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	96 km

Villages closest to Roykot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Roykot village had a population of 89. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Roykot village has 35 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Roykot has about 1543 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Roykot is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Roykot covers 15.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Roykot falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Roykot is Ramnagar, 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 Roykot.

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

Roykot is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 20 km away. Gairsain is about 20 km away. Srīnagar is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.