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About Badkot Village

Badkot is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 64 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 97.9 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 64
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkot compares

By the 2011 count Badkot is the 156th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 97.9 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 1139.

Getting to Badkot

Badkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badkot 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. The nearest villages by name are Amari, Amkholi, Amoli and Amsaur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Badkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkot village had a population of 133. That makes it the 156th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Badkot village has 64 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkot has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Badkot is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badkot covers 97.9 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.

Badkot falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Badkot notes the nearest railway station 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 Badkot.

Badkot is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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