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About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 92 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,380 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Tharali
Pincode 246453
Area (hectares) 61.8 hectares
Population 219
Male Population 92
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,380
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 Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 136th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 61.8 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Kot

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

Kot 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 Kot
District headquarters Chamoli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Tharali 25 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 54 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 96 km

Villages closest to Kot

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.

Common questions about Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 219. That makes it the 136th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Kot village has 92 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1380 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 246453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 61.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kot 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 Kot.

Kot 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.

Kot is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 20 km away. Tharali is about 25 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.

The closest recorded villages are Buwarkot (under 2 km), Gadhkot (under 2 km) and Gwad Laga Gadkot (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kot today is likely to be higher.

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