About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 67 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,478 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, 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	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	29.03 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	67
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,478
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 Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is the 81st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 29.03 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Dharkot

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

Dharkot lies about 26 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 85 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	Karnaprayag	9.2 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	26 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	45 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	85 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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 Dharkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 166. That makes it the 81st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Dharkot village has 67 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1478 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

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

Dharkot covers 29.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharkot falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Kotdwara, about 85 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 Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 26 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 Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 9.2 km away. Chamoli is about 26 km away. Srīnagar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.