About Kanakot Village

Kanakot is a mid sized village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 857, made up of 396 males and 461 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	533.19 hectares
Population	857
Male Population	396
Female Population	461
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
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 Kanakot compares

By the 2011 count Kanakot is the 15th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 533.19 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Kanakot

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

Kanakot lies about 23 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 31 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 Kanakot
District headquarters	Champawat	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	31 km
Nearest town	Almora	32 km

Villages closest to Kanakot

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 Kanakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakot village had a population of 857. That makes it the 15th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Kanakot village has 396 males and 461 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakot has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

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

Kanakot covers 533.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakot falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanakot is Kathgodam, about 31 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 Kanakot.

Kanakot is about 23 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakot is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 23 km away. Lohaghat is about 24 km away. Kathgodam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.