About Alkot Village

Alkot is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 125 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,464 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246444
Area (hectares)	136.5 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	125
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,464
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 Alkot compares

By the 2011 count Alkot is the 95th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 136.5 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Alkot

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

Alkot lies about 38 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 82 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 Alkot
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	8.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	38 km
Nearest town	Almora	56 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	82 km

Villages closest to Alkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkot village had a population of 308. That makes it the 95th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Alkot village has 125 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkot has about 1464 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Alkot is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkot covers 136.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alkot falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Alkot is Ramnagar, about 82 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 Alkot.

Alkot is about 38 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alkot is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 8.9 km away. Chamoli is about 38 km away. Almora is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.