About Irakot Village

Irakot is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 61, made up of 28 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Irakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Irakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	84.61 hectares
Population	61
Male Population	28
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,179
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 Irakot compares

By the 2011 count Irakot is the 222nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 84.61 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Irakot

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

Irakot lies about 18 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 42 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 Irakot
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	15 km
District headquarters	Champawat	18 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	42 km

Villages closest to Irakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Irakot village had a population of 61. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Irakot village has 28 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Irakot has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Irakot is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Irakot covers 84.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Irakot falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Irakot is Kathgodam, about 42 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 Irakot.

Irakot is about 18 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Irakot is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Lohaghat is about 15 km away. Champawat is about 18 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.