About Karakot Village

Karakot is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 7 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 571 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	32.98 hectares
Population	11
Male Population	7
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	571
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 Karakot compares

By the 2011 count Karakot is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 32.98 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1199.

Getting to Karakot

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

Karakot 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 Karakot
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	13 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	20 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	96 km

Villages closest to Karakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakot village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Karakot village has 7 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakot has about 571 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Karakot is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karakot covers 32.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karakot falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karakot 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karakot.

Karakot 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.

Karakot is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 13 km away. Chamoli 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.