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About Asarkot Village

Asarkot is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 24 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,292 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asarkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asarkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Chaubattakhal
Pincode 246162
Area (hectares) 26.58 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 24
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,292
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Asarkot compares

By the 2011 count Asarkot is the 170th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 26.58 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Asarkot

Asarkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asarkot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Asarkot from other places

Asarkot lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Asarkot
Tehsil headquarters Chaubattakhal 3.3 km
Nearest town Pauri 27 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 43 km

Villages closest to Asarkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asarkot village had a population of 55. That makes it the 170th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Asarkot village has 24 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asarkot has about 1292 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Asarkot is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asarkot covers 26.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asarkot falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Asarkot is Kotdwara, about 43 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Asarkot.

Asarkot is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asarkot is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 3.3 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Luetha (under 2 km), Shrikot (under 2 km) and Gairoli (under 2 km).

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

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