About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 103 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246276, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246276
Area (hectares)	155.46 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	103
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,146
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 42nd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 155.46 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Kota

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

Kota lies about 6.2 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Kota
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	6.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	6.2 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	17 km

Villages closest to Kota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota village had a population of 221. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Kota village has 103 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Kota is 246276. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota covers 155.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Kota.

Kota is about 6.2 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 6.2 km away. Garhwal is about 6.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.