About Surkot Village

Surkot is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 59 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	57.83 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	59
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
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 Surkot compares

By the 2011 count Surkot is the 183rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 57.83 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Surkot

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

Surkot 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 Surkot
District headquarters	Champawat	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	31 km
Nearest town	Almora	32 km

Villages closest to Surkot

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 Surkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkot village had a population of 115. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Surkot village has 59 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkot has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

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

Surkot covers 57.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surkot falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Surkot 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Surkot.

Surkot 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.

Surkot 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.