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About Dhaniya Kot Village

Dhaniya Kot is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 20 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhaniya Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhaniya Kot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 39.45 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 20
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhaniya Kot compares

By the 2011 count Dhaniya Kot is the 385th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 39.45 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Dhaniya Kot

Dhaniya Kot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dhaniya Kot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dhaniya Kot from other places

Dhaniya Kot lies about 12 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Dhaniya Kot
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 7.4 km
District headquarters Garhwal 12 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 21 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 21 km

Villages closest to Dhaniya Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Dhaniya Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhaniya Kot village had a population of 37. That makes it the 385th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dhaniya Kot village has 20 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhaniya Kot has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dhaniya Kot is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhaniya Kot covers 39.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhaniya Kot falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhaniya Kot is Kotdwara, about 21 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dhaniya Kot.

Dhaniya Kot is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhaniya Kot is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 7.4 km away. Garhwal is about 12 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogiyana (under 2 km), Sunkatla (under 2 km) and Malargaon (under 2 km).

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

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